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Re: Condition Variables?
- To: Wesel <wassdamo at pacbell dot net>
- Subject: Re: Condition Variables?
- From: Robert Collins <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: 16 Aug 2001 09:10:13 +1000
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <3B7ACF4C.2DA7CE0@pacbell.net>
On 15 Aug 2001 12:36:44 -0700, Wesel wrote:
> In my copy of the libraries (Cygwin 1.3.2) I noticed the
> PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER macro was unfinished, and in need of fixing.
> How reliable are condition variables in cygwin? Are they completely
> broken, or is it just that one macro?
1.3.2 was a broken release threads-wise.
> I asked about it on comp.programming.threads and was informed that "the
> thread library you happen to be stuck using sort of almost pretends to
> be POSIX threads but lacks critical and basic capabilities required of
> any thread library." I know we're not perfect, but cygwin is supposed
Someone out there was a bit harsh. Ah well.
> to try its darndest to provide a POSIX interface. How would one go
> about fixing the problems with condition variables?
Uhmm, a) report the actual bug you are experiencing.
b) in this case AFAIK there is no current bug with single-process
condition variables. Cygwin doesn't have proper support for shared
process condition/mutex variables yet.
c) To get a fixed version download a snapshot cygwin dll.
Cheers, Rob.
> Wesel
> Who hasn't even managed to compile the cygwin source, so be gentle with
> him.
>
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