| From: | "Steve Tibbett" <stibbett(at)zim(dot)biz> |
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| To: | "Merlin Moncure" <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers-win32" <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] fork/exec patch |
| Date: | 2003-12-16 16:50:25 |
| Message-ID: | 546CD3100F4C0F42A30A94C0F2B349148FC621@zimmail1.zim.zimismobile.com |
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>My feelings wrt messages were based on a general uneasiness
>surrounding WaitForSingleObject calls via a polling thread,
>because this will exhibit pseudo-random (thus difficult to
>debug) behavior.
In the pipe scenario, the thread wouldn't be polling - it
would enter a WaitForSingleObject(hPipeServer, INFINITE) and
simply sit there until either the pipe handle was closed or
there was a pipe event.
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Steve Tibbett
stibbett(at)zim(dot)biz
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