Twas brillig at 15:23:58 05.05.2010 UTC-07 when [email protected] did gyre and 
gimble:

 JS> I think it isn't safe to get rid of Xalloc and friends in client
 JS> libraries. As I understand it, they're still relevant on Windows
 JS> because of some kind of DLL crap. (XCB doesn't offer any of those
 JS> wrappers and the Windows folks seem to have become resigned to that
 JS> fact, but that doesn't mean we can break existing libraries.)

AFAIR it is only related to malloc/free usage which crosses
application/dll boundary. All memory operations in libXdmcp are
encapsulated, so it should not be a problem.

 JS> It'd probably help if Windows folks could correct the, undoubtedly
 JS> many, things wrong with what I've just written. :-)

Yes, I'd love to hear from them too: distant memories from the past and
blind googling are not the best sort of accurate information.

-- 
  http://fossarchy.blogspot.com/

Attachment: pgp6SaS30cuJc.pgp
Description: PGP signature

_______________________________________________
[email protected]: X.Org development
Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel
Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel

Reply via email to