Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>>>> "DF" == Danny Faught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> DF> It looks like your signal handler just sets a flag when it's invoked,
> DF> which is the same way I do it. This means that you depend on the event
> DF> loop to wake up and check the flag. But what happens if a signal comes
> DF> in right before the poll/select call? The signal won't wake it up.
>
>are you doing your own signal handling in perl? if so, you should switch
>to event.pm. perl's signal handling is well known to be unsafe.
perl5.7.1+ has safe signal handling.
>
>the way to handle that properly is to check for any pending signals
>before you enter the select call (while blocking any from coming in) and
>then checking after the select returns. this can only be done correctly
>in C.
>
>uri
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