Re: [ID 19991229.003] perl 5.005_03 core dumps -- singal

[Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>]

Nick Ing-Simmons writes:
> >Perl core dumps shortly after I send an interrupt signal to my program.
> 
> Signals can do that to any perl. Only the most trivial of signal handlers
> are safe.

This is wrong.  No signal handlers are safe.

Hope this helps (why should I repeat it again and again?),
Ilya

P.S.

> There are various approaches to making signals usable which 
> may be in the development track. 

I wonder why not we add something like

  $SIG{CHLD} = [inc => \$counter, set => [\$foo, 13], pid => \$pid];

and avoid all the problems with a Perl function call altogether...

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Nick Ing-Simmons <nick@ing-simmons.net>

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