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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
> 
> 
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