Re: Synchronous Queue in VC++
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
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frmdeveloper <frmdeveloper@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
I'm porting an application from a Unix like system to Windows.
The application uses FIFO queues to pass data between threads.
The calling thread has the option of either suspending until data
arrives on the queue or returning with NULL after a timeout if
no data arrives.
Is there any similar component provided by VC++, Visual Studio
2005?
You are probably looking for named pipes. See CreateNamedPipe et al.
That was my first thought also, because it is the equivalent of the unix
fifo special file. But it's pretty quite heavyweight for what the OP is
asking for.
A simple linked list, coupled with an event to wake the waiting thread,
should suffice.
Are you looking to maintain message boundaries or provide a byte stream?
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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