+// ESHUTDOWN does not seem to exist on Windows, even though WSAESHUTDOWN does.
+// MingW doesn't define it and MSDN doesn't list it, so we alias it to EBADF.
+// cf. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5814770t.aspx
+#ifndef ESHUTDOWN
+#define ESHUTDOWN EBADF
+#endif
+
+
+// Windows doesn't have ioctl but offers ioctlsocket for some socket-related
+// functions. Unfortunately, argument types differ, so we implement a
+// (restricted) wrapper.
+int ioctl(int d, unsigned long request, int *p);
+
+
+// Windows lacks poll, but WSAPoll is good enough for us.
+#define poll(fds, nfds, timeout) WSAPoll(fds, nfds, timeout)
+
+// Windows lacks pipe. It has an equivalent CreatePipe but we really need
+// something to give to WSAPoll, so we fake it with a local TCP socket. (ugh)
+int pipe(int pipefd[2]);
+
+// pipe(socket)-specific read/write/close equivalents
+#define closepipe closesocket
+#define writepipe(s,buf,len) send(s, buf, len, 0)
+#define readpipe(s,buf,len) recv(s, buf, len, 0)
+