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Re: PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER
Hi!
Tuesday, 25 September, 2001 Robert Collins robert.collins@itdomain.com.au wrote:
>> RC> I really don't see any benefit from using NULL in this instance, and I
>> RC> do see benefits from not using NULL.
>>
>> the benefit from using NULL is portability. I understand that cygwin
>> is not supposed to that portable as, say, Apache, but nevertheless.
RC> Ok, I'll accept that. So we use void *(-2), void * (-3) and so on -
RC> address's so high up they can never be valid for pthread objects because
RC> pthread objects are larger than the remaining address space.
ok, you're probably right. i'll change my patch and resubmit it.
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>> I'll check this stuff into cygwin testsuite tonight. it
>> needs just minor cleanup currently.
RC> You might want to check with cgf first about copyright issues? I don't
RC> know - is the testsuite GPL compatible.
it's LGPLed.
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