Re: [Mingw-users] sys/poll.h

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

Tor Lillqvist wrote, quoting Jeffrey Stephen:
>> Does anyone know if the "poll" function has been ported to
>> MinGW?
>
> That is not what MinGW is, something which would offer "ported"
> system calls from POSIX.

This isn't strictly true.

As a general principle, yes, it is not MinGW's goal to provide a
fully featured POSIX porting library; if that is your requirement,
then you will probably find that Cygwin is a better fit for your
needs.  However, MinGW does provide a small selection of functions,
which add some POSIX like capabilities to the standard Win32 APIs.

I'm always willing to consider further extending that set of extra
functions, on condition that I am offered public domain code to
implement the added functionality, and that the added code doesn't
grossly inflate the size of the mingw-runtime package.

I will also consider distributing additional add-on libraries, such
as those offered in our mingwPORTS or `Contributed' distributions;
such additional libraries must be distributable either in the public
domain, or under a free, and open source, licence, and I will expect
the contributor to commit to providing free ongoing support, via
this list.

Regards,
Keith.