Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: >> Running unsafe functions within a signal handler is not unsafe per-se. >> It's only unsafe if the main program could also be running unsafe >> functions.
> I don't disagree with your reasoning, but does POSIX actually say > this? The fact remains that the postmaster has *always* been coded like that, and we have *never* seen any problems. Barring proof that there is a problem, I'm uninterested in rewriting it just because someone doesn't like it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly