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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 10:50:41 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: get windows messages
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In-Reply-To: <200012240409.UAA20384@cygnus.com>; from dave@dtsp.co.nz on Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:10:29PM +1300

On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 05:10:29PM +1300, Dave Sainty wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > from the Cygwin source code:
> > 
> >         open ("/dev/windows", flags, mode=3D0)
> >                 - create a unix fd for message queue.
> 
> I know this is a bit after the fact, but wouldn't some kind of special
> "socket" domain/family have been more appropriate here?
> 
> x = socket(PF_WINMSG, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);

The /dev/windows implementation is made by Sergey Okhapkin once
when he still has contributed to Cygwin.

I have in fact no opinion here. The joke is that both solutions
(device/socket) aren't inconsistent with each other in Cygwin. 

Feel free to contribute a special socket code for the windows
message queue.

Corinna 

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