C interface to the X Window System protocol, which replaces the traditional Xlib interface.
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Since writers must make sure they read as well, threads may have gone to
sleep waiting for the opportunity to read. The writer must wake up one
of those readers or the application can hang.

Signed-off-by: Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@freedesktop.org>
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About libxcb
============

libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which
replaces the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over
Xlib, including:
- size: small, simple library, and lower memory footprint
- latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- direct protocol access: interface and protocol correspond exactly
- proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads
- easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB

Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make
requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB.
However, client programs, libraries, and toolkits will gain the most
benefit from a native XCB port.


Please report any issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker,
at:

	<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>

Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:

        <mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
        <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>

You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT.
For anonymous checkouts, use:

        git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb

For developers, use:

        git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb