From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: fork() should generate warning, Was (Re: DJGPP Setup Utility in the 
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Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:25:35 -0500
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Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> Here comes one disadvantage that DJGPP has library
> functions like fork(), pipe() etc. which always fail.
> I moves meaningful error message from compilation
> to runtime.

    That's a good point.  I wonder why there isn't a compiler warning
for usage of 'fork' or any other UNIX functions that will always fail
under DJGPP.  I suspect it would make programs easier to port to have
the compiler point you to a line that will not work rather than hope
that the original program checks for error during fork and prints some
meaningful message.

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)