On 1/24/07, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously, Unix and Microsoft systems depend on signals, so you > can't simply regard them as hopelessly broken, but you can't assume > that they are RELIABLE. All code should be designed to cope with > the case of signals getting lost, if at all possible. Defending > yourself against the other failures is an almost hopeless task, > but luckily they are extremely rare except on specialist systems.
I couldn't agree more. I might have misused the word "reliably". At first glance I thought the signal was being lost but then I've discovered what was really happening. Regards, -- Ulisses _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
