RE: nanosleep.c & winsock.h (was Re: Windows Build Broken - Feature Branch)

[Shaun Tancheff]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conrad T. Pino [mailto:Conrad@Pino.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 4:36 PM
> To: Shaun Tancheff; 'Derek Robert Price'
> Cc: 'Bug CVS'
> Subject: RE: nanosleep.c & winsock.h (was Re: Windows Build 
> Broken - Feature Branch)
> 
> 
> Hi Shaun,
> 
> > From: Shaun Tancheff
> > 
> > Why not something simple?
> 
> If only it were *just* a technical issue.
> 
> IMO we're discussing "stated direction" and
> "coding policy" issues with respect to POSIX
> standards as applied to CVS cose basd.

IMO the attempt to stay 'as true to posix as possible' is admirable,
but a bit misguided when it comes down to abusing select() to act as a
high resolution timer .... The select() in winsock is there only to be
compatable with BSD sockets interface.

I doubt very much that windows will ever get a high resolution timer and

if it does it won't be used by winsock/select() because *sockets* don't
*need* high resolutions timers and select() on windows isn't good for 
anything else (unlike *nix).

> Aesthetic questions really and when it come
> to art, what is *good* taste?
> 
> Conrad
>