Re: [Emacs-diffs] emacs/lib-src emacsclient.c ChangeLog

[Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>]

Jason Rumney <jasonr@f2s.com> writes:

  > Juanma Barranquero wrote:
  > > But the base discussion is whether features should be tested by
  > > feature tests, or lumped together into the WINDOWSNT, DOS_NT,
  > > NS_IMPL_* bags. We've been saying for years that Emacs lisp programs
  > > must not check the Emacs version, but features. The same reasoning
  > > applies to checking HAVE_DAEMON vs. WINDOWSNT.
  > >   
  > 
  > When it is just not possible to support a feature because of the
  > platform, then I have no problem using the platform constant to
  > conditionally compile it out. But if it is just a lack of developers
  > on a particular platform that is preventing the feature from being
  > implemented, then it is much easier for later developers who wish to
  > implement it if there is a feature specific constant.
  > 
  > NO_SOCKETS_IN_FILE_SYSTEM is sitting on a blurry line, since although
  > Windows does not support unix domain sockets, it is conceivable that
  > an emulation of them using named pipes could be developed in future.

The problem with that is that WINDOWSNT has many many idiosyncrasies,
having a #define for each one of them adds an overhead for the ones of
us working on free systems.