Re: [PATCH] select/poll Wine bug workaround

[Eric Blake]

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According to Paolo Bonzini on 8/5/2009 12:01 AM:
> 
>> Where have you seen a documentation of the bit patterns of handles?
>> This will not necessarily work in all implementations (Windows, Wine,
>> ReactOS).
> 
> In Wine's source code and in
> http://www.winehq.org/docs/winedev-guide/x3500:
> 
> Console handles, on the other hand, are not multiple of four, but have
> the two lower bit set (being a multiple of four means having the two
> lower bits reset).

I see you pushed this commit, while still using your handle hack.  The
cygwin list pointed out this link, which argues against your practice:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/21/358109.aspx

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