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

[Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org>]

At 09:24 PM 1/11/00 -0500, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:
>But since safe signals are not possible (see XSUBs), and require a
>significant rewrite of the most important "do a lot" Perl opcodes (at
>any checkpoint we should be ready for a longjump), this is still
>rather moot.

Safe immediate signal handlers in perl aren't possible. Safe deferred 
signal handlers in perl certainly are. A difference I know you're aware of, 
but we're all using shorthand notation and I don't think everyone's 
shorthand is the same...

					Dan

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