I suppose this should read POSIX file descriptors, which Windows supports. I
have never used protobuf on Windows personally, but the project is tested on
Windows during the release process, and zero_copy_stream_unittest.cc has
test cases for using file descriptors.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm in the process of porting my custom protobuf RPC library to
> windows and have run into a snag.
>
> I'm using the CodedInputStream class to read messages. The
> documentation for zero_copy_input_stream.h implies that this is only
> compatible with linux:
>
> "These implementations include Unix file descriptors and C++
> iostreams."
>
> Am I missing something? It was my assumption that the entire protobuf
> library was platform independent (at least the external API's). Maybe
> someone could point me to an example of instantiating a
> CodedInputStream under Windows/VS enviro?
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
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