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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:52:36 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: TLS problem
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On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 04:48:09PM +0200, Thomas Pfaff wrote:
>IMHO the are two possible solutions:
>1. Synchronize the win32 TLS array between parent and child.
>2. Create a cygwin only solution that will use its own tls array like CGFs
>experimental TLS implementation.

My TLS implementation only provides a limited amount of per-thread storage.
It wasn't intended for generic use, just use within the cygwin DLL.

So, it sounds like 1. is the only feasible solution.

cgf