Re: [Lazarus] External: SIGSEGV

[Jon Foster]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote: On Tue, 27 May 2008, Jon Foster wrote: SIGSEGV (otherwise known as a segfault) is a *nix signal indicating that the an illegal address was accessed. Normally it can't be caught with a try...except. [...] This is not correct. The RTL catches this signal and converts this to an exception, if you use the sysutils unit. Michael. _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus This is good to know. I'm certain that I've had segfaults without it being turned into an exception and I always include SysUtils for the exception handling. THX - Jon -- Jon Foster JF Possibilities, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 541-410-2760 Making computers work for you!

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