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Article #3116Re: When CTRL+C doesn't work.
From: Timo Salmi LASK
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 19:46
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 19:46
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In article <6241@castle.ed.ac.uk> elee24@castle.ed.ac.uk (H Bruce) writes: >I am getting more distenchanted with my PC ....... >I am implementing image processing algortihms (using Microsoft C 5.1). >Such algorithms consist of many nested loops. >When a bug in my code causes a loop never to exit the PC hangs. >This is not because DOS has crashed but beacuse the microprocessor cannot >be interrupted by CRTL+C or CTLR+BREAK. >This result is that the PC must be rebooted. >This is a very time consuming way to find bugs ! >Does anyone know how I can interrupt the program ? You'll need a break handler. Unfortunately I don't no C, so I cannot give you a C reference. But the principle should not be overly language dependent, and I know that there is a break handler in Ohlsen & Stoker, Turbo Pascal Advance Techniques, Chapter 7. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: When CTRL+C doesn't work. Message-ID: <1990Sep11.194619.22306@uwasa.fi> Date: 11 Sep 90 19:46:19 GMT References: <6241@castle.ed.ac.uk> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 20