From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: QUERY: w32 sub process implementation Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:49:44 +0530 Message-ID: References: <46C8B346.8020408@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1187576395 6653 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2007 02:19:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:19:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Devel To: "Jason Rumney" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 20 04:19:53 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IMwrw-0007Rk-O4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:19:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IMwrv-0008ER-MN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:19:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IMwrr-0008DC-Vc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:19:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IMwrq-0008Bi-Cr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:19:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IMwrq-0008BX-2u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:19:46 -0400 Original-Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IMwrq-0003Qm-0h for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:19:46 -0400 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f5so593578nfh for ; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:19:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=T5gFh85Ff1CgwdibAOiUy5bTNq8PF9Y1ORKnmf2ZzDfkPxcMU9L2wIrKBhdIBUR8EqWpaqZOOnQE1gtjwgYTw+/w6LmOCr/pR5kSL6SiprXbzsyObGymnOaudHGW9ftH8UNl4uCx4GJ/W7KpyTV8/rsc5m6SsbmYdUop6efGSXU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=qK+4cXBc0i807zEJtER2cqHIK/ay+LalIZXfJJEf7tQQqreIeOMKdN9kOUm9QaqBKiXr8Vaw/HPpXVHoSjWY4ZRArOGOxIgOWkMMFpbNQxF0wOyrc+nxUo4eGUCRloGWaBrT8DYmqAJvXBkT6riYTToRiHKi2NV773tjhWx37K4= Original-Received: by 10.78.201.15 with SMTP id y15mr1673097huf.1187576384741; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:19:44 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.78.206.20 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:19:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <46C8B346.8020408@gnu.org> Content-Disposition: inline X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:76796 Archived-At: Hi, On 8/20/07, Jason Rumney wrote: > dhruva wrote: > > Using ASYNC read and registering callbacks in wait, I feel we can > > completely do away with threads for sub procs. > Wil this work on Windows 95/98/ME? According to the MSDN docs, Could we have a new implementation (and decide at configure time) for the newer versions on windows only. Just for the sake of compatibility, do we hold back on improving and simplifying? I agree we need to support older versions of windows OS but IMHO, should also move forward. -dky -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Contents reflect my personal views only!