Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] no alarm() in Win32, any work-arounds?

[Jez White]

Hi,

This is not exactly a Win32::GUI question but a Win32 perl question:
Today I became the 146,037th perl programmer to discover that Win32 
totally ignores
the alarm() function and SIG{ALRM} signal. Not even Time:HiRes ualarm() 
works. Unbelievable.

So are there any clever work-arounds? I saw one suggestion of using

What where you planning on using the alarm function for? I can think of a 
potential work around, but it would depend on what you were planning:)

Cheers,

jez.