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feat(IPC): Add Linux/Wine platform support to ARAIPCConnection#3

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Add Linux platform support to ARAIPCConnection, enabling the ARA IPC
layer to work on Linux and under Wine (the Windows compatibility layer
used by yabridge to run Windows VST plugins on Linux).

Changes

ARAIPCConnection.h

  • Add Linux dispatch queue members (_queue, _mutex, _condition) under
    the existing #else branch alongside the comment explaining their purpose
  • Guard the Windows-only _creationThreadHandle member with
    !defined(WINE) so Wine processes (which define both _WIN32 and
    WINE) use the Linux/POSIX path instead

ARAIPCConnection.cpp

  • Guard Windows-only ThreadRef (int32_t), readThreadRef/appendThreadRef
    macros, and Win32 APC helpers with !defined(WINE) so Wine uses
    the POSIX-compatible size_t path
  • Add Wine-compatible WaitableSingleMessageQueue using POSIX sem_t with
    sem_timedwait — std::binary_semaphore's try_acquire_for hangs under
    Wine due to broken futex mapping
  • Implement dispatchToCreationThread() for Linux/Wine: pushes function
    to _queue and signals _condition
  • Implement processPendingMessageOnCreationThreadIfNeeded() for
    Linux/Wine: drains _queue under the !defined(_WIN32) || defined(WINE)
    guard (the existing #if defined(linux) guard was skipped by Wine
    since Wine defines both _WIN32 and linux)
  • Fix Connection constructor to default-construct _queue/_mutex/_condition
    on Linux/Wine (no Windows handle or CFRunLoop needed)

Testing

Tested end-to-end with a Unix domain socketpair-based MessageChannel
on Linux (test infrastructure in samuel-asleep/ARA_Library):

  • Native Linux ARAPluginDemo (JUCE_ARA, Debug build):
    GetFactoriesCount ✓, GetFactoryAtIndex ✓, InitializeARA ✓,
    UninitializeARA ✓, clean exit, no ARA assertions

  • Windows ARAPluginDemo (MSVC Debug, via Wine):
    Same round-trip, clean exit, no ARA assertions, no crashes

Both tests confirm the IPC threading model is correct and the Linux
platform additions do not regress macOS or Windows behavior.

Notes

The Wine-specific guards (!defined(WINE)) are needed because wineg++
defines both _WIN32 and WINE simultaneously. Without these guards,
Wine processes incorrectly take the Windows code path (Win32 handles,
int32_t ThreadRef, Windows semaphore) while the struct members declared
in the header follow the Linux path — causing type mismatches and crashes.

- Remove #error on non-Apple/non-Windows platforms
- Add ThreadRef = size_t for Linux (matches std::thread::id on 64-bit POSIX)
- Add Connection members: std::queue + std::mutex + std::condition_variable
- Implement dispatchToCreationThread() for Linux
- Implement processPendingMessageOnCreationThreadIfNeeded() for Linux
- Add Wine-compatible WaitableSingleMessageQueue using POSIX sem_t
  (std::binary_semaphore hangs under Wine due to broken futex mapping)
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