2004.11.17 18:13 "[Tiff] compatibility patch", by Jeff Breidenbach
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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?
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