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Re: needed feature in Cygwin fifos
- From: bob 295 <icanprogram at 295 dot ca>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:31:19 -0400
- Subject: Re: needed feature in Cygwin fifos
>On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 01:34:16PM -0400, bob 295 wrote:
>>I recognize that Cygwin fifos are "buggy and not suitable for anything but
>>simplest of applications", however in the spirit of seeing if things can be
>>improved here is some more test code which illustrates one of the "bugs".
>Maybe I need to be clearer: I don't need demonstrations of bugs. I know
>what doesn't work.
>The fifo layer needs a total rewrite right now. Sending this type of email
>is a waste of your time.
>cgf
Fair enough. Is that total rewrite underway? If so any idea when we'll see
a workable version? If not what would it take to expedite things? More
developer resources? What type of skillset would you need?
Thanks again.
bob
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