Re: mmap and Windows

[Vincent Torri]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:01 PM Vincent Torri <vincent.torri@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 3:47 PM Nikolay Sivov <bunglehead@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 4:25 PM Vincent Torri <vincent.torri@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
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> >> hello
> >>
> >> On Windows, there is no mmap, but there is shared memory support, with
> >> CreateFileMapping and MapViewOfFile.
> >>
> >> If shared mem really improved loading of files on Unix, would you
> >> consider adding shared mem support on Windows too ?
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> >
> > You can already do that on Windows by mapping it yourself and using 
> > FT_New_Memory_Face().
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> thank you
>
> Vincent Torri

but then, why adding mmap support in the buildsystem ? you can remove
it (simpler build system) and unix users will also mmap the file
themselves

Vincent Torri