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Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 11:13:43 -0500
From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com>
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To: Jacek Trzmiel <sc0rp AT hot DOT pl>
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Subject: Re: pthreads and sockets - Cannot register window class error
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On Thu, 6 May 2004, Jacek Trzmiel wrote:

> Nevertheless ThreadingTest.cpp posted here:
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-05/msg00178.html
>
> still sometimes fails, even with 20040504 snapshot:
>
> > $ g++ ThreadingTest.cpp -lpthread -o ThreadingTest.exe && ./ThreadingTest.exe
> >     238 [win] ThreadingTest 1696 Winmain: Cannot register window class, Win32 error 1410
> >     896 [win] ThreadingTest 1696 Winmain: Cannot register window class, Win32 error 1410

It's an obvious race condition in winsup/cygwin/window.cc (gethwnd):
ourhwnd.  I'm not quite sure how to fix it yet, and I've got to do real
work now.  So, have at it :-).

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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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