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From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:21:38 -0400
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Subject:	Re: Extending cygwin's process table
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In-Reply-To:	<85256921.0047DAC3.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>; from yap_noel@jpmorgan.com on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:04:55AM -0400

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:04:55AM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
>cgf AT cygnus DOT 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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