2004.11.24 14:45 "Re: [Tiff] compatibility patch", by Frank Warmerdam

> > But what a problem with the standard tif_win32.c? Your new
> > tif_win32crt.c will be not portable anyway and specific for >>Windows.

As stated in the patch, the problem with the standard tif_win32.c is that I can't make the following call from a windows application:

  fp = fopen( "foo.tif", "rb")
  TIFFFdOpen(fileno(fp),"r");

Jeff,

It seems to me I have often accidentally or on purpose used tif_unix.c on win32 and it worked fine. Wouldn't it be less complication just to continue ensuring that the tif_unix.c will work fine on win32 if selected to compile in?

Best regards,

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