2004.08.25 17:57 "Re: [Tiff] Not-a-bug report, TIFFFdOpen (tif_win32) - TIFFClientOpen", by Frank Warmerdam

Thus, tif_fd seems redundant. And what's more, without this tif_fd setting in TIFFFdOpen, the complete platform dependent files like tif_win32 would be treating the TIFF* as opaque, which is a helpfull feature for some.

Joris,

Upon a quick review, I am tempted to agree. It would appear we could drop the tif_fd member from the TIFF structure if no-one speaks up and points out a real need for it. I suspect it dates from a time before the clientdata existed.

Best regards,

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