Date: Fri, 6 Mar 92 15:50 +1000
From: Bill Metzenthen <APM233M AT vaxc DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu DOT au>
Subject: Re: Increasing the file handle limit
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Status: O

DJ Delorie writes:

>I actually replaced that module in Borland's library to increase
>Turbo-C's streams, and libc already can deal with it.  106 already has
>this fix in it.

A comment: the code to increase the number of handles in v1.06 is similar
to that which I used some time ago. The code in my package has evolved
well past that point. The code in v1.06 go32 would cause bugs if transferred
to other Turbo C programs, and may conceivabley cause problems with g032
in some future version of g032.

I don't understand the reference to Turbo C's streams, because go32 does
not supply this service to programs running on/under go32. The current
alpha release of v1.06 does not extend the number of streams past that
which was inherent in v1.05 (50 streams).

I would still recommend the approach taken in my package (which btw does
not have the bug which v1.06 introduces).


Bill Metzenthen
apm233m AT vaxc DOT cc DOT monash DOT edu DOT au