>> On the other hand, poll/select are broken on Windows for pipes anyway >> (and not fixable), so they probably shouldn't be tested in >> test-poll/test-select. > > Maybe for native Windows pipes, but cygwin can implement Unix pipes > using something other than native Windows pipes and get correct > semantics, insofar as pipes are only used between cygwin processes (but > the moment you cross between cygwin-to-non-cygwin, then you are > relegated to using native Windows pipes with all their flaws).
Indeed, the problem is, should we test something the replacement does not really fix? Paolo