Re: BeOS and IPC - try 999

David Reid writes:

> OK, agreed (up to a point). So, you want easier maintenance? The ONLY
> way that I can think of doing it is to have the platform specific IPC
> stuff in it's own file, hence this patch.

What I was thinking about is that you essentially create a wrapper library
of SysV-like functions that call the BEOS-specific functions, like

int
semctl(int semid, int semnum, int cmd, union semun arg)
{
switch (cmd)
{
case IPC_RMID:
delete_sem(semid);
break;
...
}
}

int
semget(key_t key, int nsems, int semflg)
{
create_sem(...);
}

etc. That way there's essentially zero maintenance overhead for both the
Unix and the Beos factions. And you'd be doing yourself and the world a
big favour when you're trying to port the next IPC heavy program.

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