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Date:	Wed, 07 May 2003 20:31:07 -0400
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
CC:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: cygipc (and PostgreSQL) XP problem resolved!
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Jason Tishler wrote:

> +#define NAMESPACE_PREFIX "Global\\"
> +#define FULL_NAMESPACE_PATH(name) \
> +	((LOBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion())) >= 5 && \
> +	HIBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion())) >= 1) ? NAMESPACE_PREFIX name : name) \
> +
> +#define CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMCTL	FULL_NAMESPACE_PATH(CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMCTL_BASE)
> +#define CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMSEM	FULL_NAMESPACE_PATH(CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMSEM_BASE)
> +#define CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMSHM	FULL_NAMESPACE_PATH(CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMSHM_BASE)
> +#define CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMMSG	FULL_NAMESPACE_PATH(CYGWIN_IPCNT_SEMMSG_BASE)

Wait, aren't #define macros resolved at compile time?  This would then 
define these names as "foo" or "Global\\foo" depending on which machine 
the package was BUILT on.

Worse, if the cygipc library itself were built on WinXP, but you build a 
client app on W98 -- then your code thinks "foo" but the daemon things 
"Global\\foo".  Or vice versa.

I think this needs to be a runtime function, not a compiletime macro.

--Chuck


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