Yevgen Muntyan wrote: >>> My impression is that ideally on Windows you use the native >>> windows-looking file API, and that the file-descriptor-using API is >>> some kind of weird emulation hack. But I could not comment >>> intelligently on the details. >>> >> I assume so. Its part of the libc runtime on windows. However, the >> question is, apart from one layer less, what are the other advantages? >> > Pygtk is currently unable to use GIOChannel because both Glib and > Python use file descriptor API, but different C runtime libraries.
The issue is that file descriptors shouldn't be passed from a dll / exe using one C runtime to another using a different C runtime -- or if they are, they must be used only with functions from the appropriate C runtime. Use of file descriptors within a single dll is generally not a problem. The native win32 calls (CreateFile and others) probably has advantages, but I can't say whether a separate implementation would be desirable. Cheers, John _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
