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Re: getting EBADF on MSVC


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: getting EBADF on MSVC
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:13:35 -0700
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On 09/24/11 03:38, Bruno Haible wrote:

> But while doing so, we shouldn't throw the Autoconf principle overboard.
> This means, we have to exerce judgement about which bugs can possibly occur
> on other platforms as well, and let the fixes of Windows platforms also
> benefit the Unix platforms, without code duplication.

Yes, that makes sense.

> I'd really like if you could think about that. It would take away from gnulib
> pressure to accommodate hacks that are for Emacs only.

I don't view the simplification of dup2.c as being for Emacs only; it
makes dup2.c simpler for everybody.  I wouldn't be surprised if
other packages don't want the overhead of the MSVC stuff, but I
guess we'll see.

Anyway, I should at some point say, thanks for your tireless efforts
in improving this area.




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