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Re: pipe improvements in snapshot
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 03:08:45PM +0100, thomas wrote:
>Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
>> Please check out the latest snapshot and report here if there are
>> problems. I haven't yet tried this on Windows 9x class systems so it's
>> entirely possible that there is a problem there.
>
>It seems to work great! I did a few tests and there was no delay anymore
>whatsoever. I've just sent the dll to someone to try out on a 9x system.
I'll test this on 9x myself eventually. With gritted teeth...
>One thing about the possible data loss: Is that true data loss, like
>some bytes won't make it trough the pipe, or will that only result in a
>delay because the bytes have to be send again?
It's true data loss but it is very very unlikely that it will ever be hit.
I thought I would get this out there while I ruminated on ways to eliminate
the potential for loss.
>I will do some more thourough tests and will report back.
>
>Thanks so far!
You're welcome.
cgf
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