Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA API Proposal

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA API Proposal
From: Abramo Bagnara (abramo_AT_alsa-project.org)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 00:21:37 EEST


Paul Davis wrote:
>
> This is another reason I dont like signals - signals
> >and threads dont mix portably, with read()/write()/select() you have
> >maximum portability (even NT might support such style of operation).
> >But of course using signals is implementation dependant and no
> >requirement for the API.
>
> Yes, your right, they are not very portable. But read/write can't work
> without horrendous complexity unless you have fd passing, which is
> also not portable. But you're also right that its not part of the API,
> so we don't have to worry too much.

You're forgetting Unix socket/named pipe alternative.

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