Re: portable IPC::Run (was: "Re: select()/poll() on Win32: ...")

2001-01-30 Thread barries
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 03:35:27PM -0500, Rocco Caputo wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:56:23 -0500, barries wrote: > > > >In fact, I would be happy to port IPC::Run to Event or POE were either > >cross platform wrt events on filehandles of all stripes and timers. I > >

Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?

2001-01-29 Thread barries
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:12:08PM -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: > > dunno where you should start, but whatever you do, please don't make it > specific to IPC::Run. Making it specific to IPC::Run is a last resort, our first preference is to make it as transparent as possible to users of select() and

Re: select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?

2001-01-29 Thread barries
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 10:46:07PM +, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: > Barries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Nick > >Ing-Simmons mentioned that there might be some possibility of and > >interest in porting the new poll() implementation to Win32, IIRC. > > So

select()/poll() on Win32: possible funding, but is it insane?

2001-01-29 Thread barries
It looks like I need to take an application that depends on select() for spawning subprocesses & IPCing with them (via IPC::Run) and port it to WinNT. I wouldn't mind porting to use poll(), if it's almost as portable as select() is, or maybe only where it is. A fellow named Sean McCune (Cced) wi