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Re: Idea for safe signal handling by a byte code interpreter
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Karl M. Hegbloom |
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Re: Idea for safe signal handling by a byte code interpreter |
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22 Mar 2001 14:31:23 -0800 |
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>>>>> "Hong" == Hong Zhang <address@hidden> writes:
>> What if, at the C level, you had a signal handler that sets or
>> increments a flag or counter, stuffs a struct with information about
>> the signal's context, then pushes (by "push", I mean "(cons v ls)",
>> not "(append! ls v)" 'whatever ;-) that struct on a stack...
Hong> I don't believe there is any way to push anything on the stack inside
Hong> signal handler without breaking the interpreter. Remember the signal
Hong> context is not useful outside signal handler.
I don't mean "the stack", but "a stack"; one created just for this purpose.
I am a beginner, and likely very naive.
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