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Re: _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED


Hi Ye,

That's correct. Although Win32 has sync primitives that can be
shared (named mutexes etc), I think we need a POSIX shared
memory implementation before we can implement POSIX style
_POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED mutexes, CVs, semaphores, and
barriers.

Ross

Ye Liu wrote:
> 
> Greets,
> 
> When I look at the latest code, I find that _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
> is not implemented. May I know if there is any particular reason for
> that? (i.e., win32 does not support such a feature.)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --ye
> 
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