malc wrote: > On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, David Allsopp wrote: > > > malc wrote: > > > On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Daniel B?nzli wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Can anybody confirm me that the following code works on cygwin : > > > > It won't - Sys.os_type returns "Cygwin" and getconf isn't in Cygwin > > either - http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-12/msg00435.html (actually, > > it may be now - I haven't upgraded my Cygwin in a while - but it'll be > > a recent addition) > > > > > > > > > > let cpu_count () = > > > > try match Sys.os_type with > > > > | "Win32" -> int_of_string (Sys.getenv "NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS") > > > > | _ -> > > > > let i = Unix.open_process_in "getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN" in > > > > let close () = ignore (Unix.close_process_in i) in > > > > try Scanf.fscanf i "%d" (fun n -> close (); n) with e -> > > > > close (); > > > raise e > > > > with > > > > | Not_found | Sys_error _ | Failure _ | Scanf.Scan_failure _ > > > > | End_of_file | Unix.Unix_error (_, _, _) -> 1 > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > http://repo.or.cz/w/apc.git/blob/55de75ccb853f5e4443fd484e5eb95e1342e72bd > : > > > /ml_apc.c > > > > The C code here uses a deprecated API call (probably for Windows NT 4 > > compatibility). If you do end up using a C stub, use GetSystemInfo > > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724381(v=vs.85).aspx) - > > it's easier to call. It's used in the OCaml runtime - see > byterun/win32.c. > > Personally, even for something where it's unimportant, I'd be nervous > > relying on an environment variable (which can be edited...) > > Uhm, no, it uses native API which was never publically documented to > begin with, and the reason for that that it provides other information > which is unavailable via other means.
It is documented and it is deprecated for this usage (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms725506(v=VS.85).aspx) making it a poor example for the specific question of querying logical processor count. David -- Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
