Hi,
libobjc doesn't implement _objc_condition_broadcast
and friends in thr-win32.c, causing -[NSLock lockWhenCondition:] and
-[NSLock unlockWithCondition:] to fail under MinGW. I want to
implement these, using Windows Events and Mutexes. GNUstep Foundation
doesn't seem to use _objc_condition_signal, which is fortunate, cause
it opens the possibility to not use an auto-reset event.
In windows, on creating an Event, one has to choose whether it is
auto-reset or not. Auto-reset means that when this Event gets
signaled, only 1 waiting thread will be released (like
condition_signal), while a non-auto-reset Event releases all waiting
threads (like condition_broadcast). The difference thus is that an
Event, once created, always either broadcasts or signals.
So not having to implement _signal would mean just using a
not-auto-reset Event, easing up on the implementation.
Is it probable that _signal will be used by Foundation in the future?
Is it probable that implementing it this way would actually get
accepted by the libobjc maintainers? If not, is it perhaps better to
hack it into Foundation itself, bypassing libobjc's implementation of
objc_condition-* when on MiNGW?
Tom