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Article #11173Re: <None> (Should be Open Systems, bloody NEWS system...)
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:17
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:17
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In article <1992Dec29.012215.10632@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Peter.Mayne@cao.mts.dec.com writes: > ** I believe that you can also run into problems if you have > ** a signal handler that gets invoked, and resets errno in the period > ** between your successful system call and your test for success. It's You also have problems if you invoke a signal handler that jumps to a random location. Assuming broken code, you can derive anything. See my previous message on this subject. -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Ferranti International Controls Corporation 'U` Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Zure otsoa besarkatu al duzu gaur?"
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Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter From: peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: <None> (Should be Open Systems, bloody NEWS system...) Message-ID: <id.TY9W.QL4@ferranti.com> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1992Dec23.212321.26522@ryn.mro4.dec.com> <id.SQ3W.IB6@ferranti.com> <1992Dec29.012215.10632@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:17:24 GMT Lines: 14