On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 11:16:21AM -0500, Garrett Rooney wrote:
> >
> >I'm a little concerned about the effects that has on OSen where
> >the signal handler *isn't* reset automatically. This could just
> >be paranoia on my part, though. Perhaps APR should set SA_RESETHAND
> >in its sigaction()-based apr_signal() implementation to remove the
> >ambiguity.
>
> What's the worst thing that can happen? It'll just reset the signal
> handler to exactly what it was before. No harm, no foul. Sure, it's
> not as efficient, but come on, it's not like the signal handler is in
> the critical path or something...
>
I dunno, I'm just paranoid about signal handlers. It's probably not
worth worrying about. The APR change would at least encourage the
development of more portable applications.
--ben
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Received on Fri Jan 16 17:28:24 2004