Re: [PATCH v2] Windows: improve performance by avoiding a static dependency on ws2_32.dll and advapi32.dll

> > Thanks. Due to the size of the change, I would acknowledge it only if you
> > have a proof that the reduced startup costs are noticable, for example, by
> > running the test suite.
> >
> > What's the deal with bswap? Isn't it an unrelated change? It needs some
> > better justification. It is unobvious because it is not straight-forward
> > "use pointer to function that was looked up instead of function".
> >
> > Will the result not break the MSVC build?
> >
> > -- Hannes
> >
> 
> "git status" calls ntohs function, which was loaded from ws2_32.dll
> I've noticed that bswap.h contains implementation of ntohl htonl functions,
> so I decided to add implementation of ntohs htons functions, which is
> pretty trivial.
> After that call to "git status" doesn't load ws2_32.dll