Re: PATCH: Support Windows in event-loop.c

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

M.M. Kettenis wrote:

> > That seems to suggest that some kind of generic select or poll
> > implementation needs to be developed, probably using threads.
>
> Over my dead body (the threads part that is).

There is no way to implement the full generality of select on Windows 
without threads.

Based on all the feedback, what I plan to do is simply take the code 
I've written, package it up in gdb_select, implementing support for 
consoles, and declare victory.  That avoids using non-POSIX APIs in 
common code, and provides useful functionality on Windows.  It may not 
support everything (like the MI), that's no worse than the current 
state.  Then, we can argue about how/if to use threads to support more 
generality.

If there are any objections to the above plan, I'd appreciate hearing 
them soon, as I'll be working on this code later today.

Thanks,

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