Claudio Natoli wrote:
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> IIRC, it is because the handles returned by the pipe call are later
> select()'d on with other sockets, which is not possible with handles
> returned by _pipe.
That's true, select() is not possible on file and pipe handles. To
achieve wait-and-timeout, WaitForSingleObject is necessary, which will
take a different handle type than _pipe delivers. Well, Tom already made
some comments on M$'s standard compliance...
Regards,
Andreas
