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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 18:40:31 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Quick testfeedback...
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In-Reply-To: <1000209619.7293.196.camel@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:00:11PM +1000

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 10:00:11PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> +  if (iswinnt)
> +    InitializeCriticalSection (&criticalsection);
> +  else
> +    {
> +      this->win32_obj_id =::CreateMutex (&sec_none_nih, false, NULL);
> +      if (!win32_obj_id)
> +        magic = 0;
> +    }

Could somebody give me a short hint why we're using critical
sections on NT only?  I need some three word only description...
something memorable...

Corinna

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