| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Native shared memory implementation for win32. |
| Date: | 2007-03-21 15:36:29 |
| Message-ID: | 20070321153629.GH30013@svr2.hagander.net |
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On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 11:15:46AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> mha(at)postgresql(dot)org (Magnus Hagander) writes:
> > Native shared memory implementation for win32.
> > Uses same underlying tech as before, but not the sysv emulation layer.
>
> Actually, I was wondering whether the cygwin port could use this new
> code too, so that we could get rid of the __CYGWIN__ kluges in
> sysv_shmem.c. This patch seems not to do that.
I don't think it should. Cygwin in general is supposed to be Unix-like and
not Win32-like. For example, IIRC it does not use the native win32
implementation of semaphores either.
//Magnus
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