Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:44:05 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> Cc: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>, perl5-porters@perl.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [ID 20000124.004] "perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call" on Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001251443460.315-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <B4B27A57.BC7%larse@isi.edu>
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Lars Eggert wrote: > Ilya, > > thanks for the quick response. > > > Signals and Perl do not mix. Please do not use signals if a segfault > > is not a desirable form of output. > > Never? After reading perlipc I was under the impression that using signals > was okay if you keep your handlers simple. I may have to use to another form > of IPC if signals cannot be made safe. Our malloc can't be used in a signal handler. > > Lars > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu> Information Sciences Institute > http://www.isi.edu/~larse/ University of Southern California > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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