some work on getting an http response from google.com

inc/tcp_client.h

@@ -6,19 +6,36 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-typedef SOCKET Socket;
-#endif
+#define DEBUG
 
 typedef unsigned char byte;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+typedef SOCKET Socket;
+bool init_socket_lib() {
+    // TODO: Should do some sort of smart version upgrade via data
+    // See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winsock/ns-winsock-wsadata
+    WSADATA data;
+    if (WSAStartup((2 << 8) | 2, &data) != 0) {
+	printf("init_socket_lib failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	WSACleanup();
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+extern bool socket_lib_initialized = init_socket_lib();
+
 namespace tcp {
 
 Socket make_socket();
-bool connect(Socket& s, const char* hostname, int port);
+bool connect(Socket &s, const char* hostname, int port);
+bool send_transmit_stop(Socket &s);
+bool send_read_stop(Socket &s);
 bool disconnect(Socket &s);
-bool send_data(Socket& s, byte* buf, int len);
-bool get_data(Socket& s, byte* out_buf, int buf_size, int& out_num_written);
+bool send_data(Socket &s, byte* buf, int len);
+bool get_data(Socket &s, byte* out_buf, int buf_size, int& out_num_written);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -56,6 +73,8 @@ bool connect(Socket& s, const char *hostname, int port) {
 	if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
 	    closesocket(s);	
 	    s = INVALID_SOCKET;
+	} else {
+	    break;
 	}
 	ptr = ptr->ai_next;
     } while (ptr);
@@ -65,12 +84,32 @@ bool connect(Socket& s, const char *hostname, int port) {
     if (s == INVALID_SOCKET) {
 	printf("Unable to connect to %s:%d\n", hostname, port);
 	WSACleanup();
-	return 1;
+	return false;
     }
 
     return true;
 }
 
+bool send_transmit_stop(Socket &s) {
+    int code = shutdown(s, SD_SEND);
+    if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+	printf("send_transmit_stop failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	closesocket(s);
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool send_read_stop(Socket &s) {
+    int code = shutdown(s, SD_RECEIVE);
+    if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+	printf("send_read_stop failed: %d\n", WSAGetLastError());
+	closesocket(s);
+	return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool disconnect(Socket &s) {
     int code = shutdown(s, SD_BOTH);
     if (code == SOCKET_ERROR) {