Re: Update on the lexer-no-stdio patch

On Tue, 6 May 2003, Zeev Suraski wrote: > The problem with POSIX IO under Windows is generally that it's a bit of a > 'bastard child'. It works, but it shows some anomalies in certain > situations. I *think* that if we limit ourselves to just simple read()'s, > we should do fine. The problem start pouring in when you try some more > complex stuff like fdopen(), use sockets, etc. Or try something like this: fd = open(...) // file op send(fd, ...) // socket op Windows doesn't like that either, and it's not even complex ;-) Derick -- "my other box is your windows PC" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------