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Re: Extending cygwin's process table
- To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Extending cygwin's process table
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:21:38 -0400
- References: <85256921.0047DAC3.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:04:55AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
>cgf@cygnus.com on 2000.07.18 23:43:19
>>I'm also toying with trying to more closely tie cygwin pids to windows
>>pids.
>
>IMHO, this'd be great.
>
>>Is anyone going to be bothered if pid creation is not monotonic? By
>>that I mean, parent pid 1000 may not create child pid 1001. It may
>>create child pid 27.
>
>I don't think anything should be relying on this behaviour since it's not always
>satisfied (ie when ppid is near the max pid allowed).
Yeah, I certainly know this. I was just wondering if people would be shocked
and outraged by any new "random" behavior.
cgf
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