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On 3/26/2020 11:11 AM, Ken Brown via Cygwin wrote:
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> BTW, I've been working on adding support for multiple readers.  I 
> expect to have a first cut ready within a week or two.  Would you have 
> any use for that?  If so, I could revive the topic/fifo branch and 
> push my patches there for you to test.
>

Ken, what are the semantics for multiple readers? Do all readers see the 
same data,  or is it first come first served or something else?

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