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Article #37837RE: mainloop and signals
From: Peter C. Bahrs
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 1990 16:12
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 1990 16:12
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> In article <23695@masscomp.ccur.com> mitch@westford.ccur.com (Mitchel Kuninsky) writes:
> :I envision a signal handler like:
> :
> : SignalHandler
> : {
> : sigFlag = TRUE;
> : }
> :
> :and an XtMainLoop like:
> :
> : MyMainLoop()
> : {
> : XEvent event;
> :
> : for (;;)
> : {
> :(1) XtNextEvent( &event );
> : if (event.type != NULL_EVENT) /* or something like this. */
> : XtDispatchEvent( &event );
> : if (sigFlag)
> : {
> : process signal.
> : Inhibit signals.
> : sigFlag = FALSE;
> :(2) Enable signals.
> : }
> : }
> : }
>
> This may be kind of nit-picking, but ... You have a nasty race here.
> What if a signal arrives between the re-enabling of signals at (2) and
> the next call to XtNextEvent at (1).
>
> I believe this points out the need to have the signal-handling more
> tightly integrated with the Intrinsics code.
>
I would like to do a similar thing...instead of using signals I want to
do a select on sockets. Any comments or suggestions as to get this
more 'tightly integrated...' with Intrinsics?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!rex!rouge!gator.cacs.usl.edu From: pcb@gator.cacs.usl.edu (Peter C. Bahrs) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: RE: mainloop and signals Message-ID: <5007@rouge.usl.edu> Date: 8 Mar 90 16:12:03 GMT Sender: anon@rouge.usl.edu Distribution: usa Organization: The Center for Advanced Computer Studies, USL Lines: 50