From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
To: Jean Delvare <delvare@ensicaen.ismra.fr>
Cc: cygwin@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: file descriptors opened as text files
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:24:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20010215121908.019863a8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0102151813040.3505-100000@e450.ensicaen.ismra.fr>
At 12:21 PM 2/15/2001, Jean Delvare wrote:
> > Its not a Cygwin invention. Its a MS one. Check out the documentation
> > for open()/_open() on the MSDN. They use the _O_BINARY flag. Don't get me
> > wrong. I hate text mode in all its forms. Perhaps Cygwin could've forgone
> > its use here. Maybe not. However, doing so here follows the MS lead and
> > wasn't a Cygwin concoction.
>I don't use MS development softwares. That's not the point here. Cygwin
>intends to provide an environment for fast port from Unix to Windows, so
>what it must look and behave like is Unix, not Windows. And the fast if,
>O_BINARY and O_TEXT are not defined on Unix systems. Moreover, a file
>descriptor is always working in binary mode on Unix. Thus, the choice
>Cygwin made here will necessary cause problems to anyone porting a
>software using file descriptors, and there must (and will) be thousands,
>for sure.
>
>I strongly believe that the correct behavior would be to consider any file
>descriptor as binary. People needing higher lever control are supposed to
>use handles anyway, not descriptors.
Feel free to start another binary vs text file debate/war but for the sanity
of all on this list that have lived through it many times before here, take
it up on another list.
Thanks,
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-14 13:13 Jean Delvare
2001-02-14 13:22 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
2001-02-14 13:40 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-14 13:58 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
2001-02-14 14:12 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-14 14:21 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
2001-02-14 14:46 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-14 15:00 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
2001-02-14 16:54 ` Ross Smith
2001-02-14 19:28 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-15 1:36 ` Jesper Eskilson
2001-02-15 6:39 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-15 7:54 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2001-02-15 9:21 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-15 9:24 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [this message]
2001-02-15 10:37 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-15 7:59 ` DJ Delorie
2001-02-15 9:12 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-15 9:17 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2001-02-15 9:28 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-15 9:37 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2001-02-15 10:38 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-15 10:11 ` Earnie Boyd
2001-02-15 8:04 ` Earnie Boyd
2001-02-15 9:30 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-15 8:04 ` Corinna Vinschen
2001-02-15 21:11 ` Lothan
2001-02-14 15:04 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-14 14:21 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-14 14:30 ` Jean Delvare
2001-02-14 14:40 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-14 14:51 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners Inc)
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2001-02-15 15:53 Heribert Dahms
2001-02-15 16:06 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2001-02-15 18:26 ` Christopher Faylor
2001-02-16 8:12 ` Ehud Karni
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