Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/02/18/07:49:09
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 12:27:52PM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote:
>Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>>Arend-Jan Westhoff writes:
>>>I cannot confirm your assertion that msvcrt.dll and cygwin1.dll cannot
>>>be used together.
>
>>The Gary Exclusion Principle: Two C runtimes cannot occupy the same
>>point in space at the same moment in time.
>
>The problem here is that unfortunately they *can* occupy the same point
>in space at the same time, with the same bad effects as in science
>fiction movies when one object materializes in the middle of another
>:-).
>
>The problem is that, for instance, some of your malloc calls will link
>to the cygwin libc, while others (from within the Windows DLLs) will
>link to MSVCRT, and if you free the pointer with the "other" library,
>terrible things will happen.
Details, details.
The bottom line comes down to sheer will. If someone really wants
_kbhit then, with enough reinstalls, and email messages stating that
fact, it will surely happen regardless of runtimes or exclusionary
principles.
Human spirit and indomitable determination trumps all!
cgf
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