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Subject:	RE: pthread_t and strict standards compliance
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Date:	Thu, 25 Apr 2002 10:09:34 +1000
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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: René Møller Fonseca [mailto:fonseca AT mip DOT sdu DOT dk] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:06 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: pthread_t and strict standards compliance
> 
> 
> Hi Heribert,
> 
> Of course, you are right. But I'm interested in the most correct 
> implementation of the standard(s) and that implies following the very 
> word of the standard in question. This policy will generally 
> reduce the 
> work required when the standard is revised. Something  that 
> seems not to 
> be a problem may turn out to be a big one when the standard 
> is revised 
> and things MUST BE kept backwards-compatible.

Right. Well any change will _have_ to occur on a cygwin major API boundary - ie from 1.3 to 1.5. That doesn't seem to be in the works yet... If you are interested in contributing a patch, I'll happily review it.

Rob

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