Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] fork/exec patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers-win32

From Steve Tibbett
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCHES] fork/exec patch
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Msg-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@zim.biz


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