> -----Original Message-----
> From: René Møller Fonseca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: pthread_t and strict standards compliance
> 
> 
> Hi Heribert,
> 
> Of course, you are right. But I'm interested in the most correct 
> implementation of the standard(s) and that implies following the very 
> word of the standard in question. This policy will generally 
> reduce the 
> work required when the standard is revised. Something  that 
> seems not to 
> be a problem may turn out to be a big one when the standard 
> is revised 
> and things MUST BE kept backwards-compatible.

Right. Well any change will _have_ to occur on a cygwin major API boundary - ie from 
1.3 to 1.5. That doesn't seem to be in the works yet... If you are interested in 
contributing a patch, I'll happily review it.

Rob

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