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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:08:28 -0800 (PST)
From:	ROLAND <roland_asmann AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Problem with alarm & signal
To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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--- Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> `alarm' hooks the timer interrupt, so it sounds like
> PMCOM's interrupt
> handler is not signal-safe or perhaps the
> implementation of `alarm'
> is not safe when other hardware interrupts are
> present.

Is this something I need to worry about and perhaps
try to change? Or can I work my way around this and
just ignore it?

> Does the Windows message cite any address, and if it
> does, can you
> see (e.g., with a debugger) where in the code is
> that address?

It does, but the debugger part is still something I'm
working on...

> Alternatively, you could avoid using `alarm'.  What
> do you use it for
> in that program?

I'm not sure about this, I didn't write the program.
I'm trying to get in touch with the person who has
written it, but this can take quite a while. I think
I'm going to investigate this on my own...
Anyway, if I leave 'alarm' out of my code, the program
runs, but crashes on CTRL-C, but if 'alarm' is still
in there, the program crashes while running.


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