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From: snarfy AT goodguy DOT goodnet DOT com (Snarfy AT GoodNet DOT Com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: finding out if you are already in an exception?
Date: 10 Jul 1996 06:21:46 GMT
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I'm writing a program that does a lot of exception handling, and I need
to find out if I'm in an exception in my signal handler.  I found a
variable in <sys/exceptn.h> called '__djgpp_exception_inprog' that is
commented as /* Nested exception count */.  This variable is perfect
for what I need, but when I compile, I get undefined references to it.
Is there something specific that I should be linking with?

The code below should theoretically do nothing when you hit control-c, since
it longjmp's to the state the machine was in when you hit control-c.  If
you hold down Control-C though, it occasionally blows up.  The only thing
I can think of is that it's already in an exception when control-c was
hit. Charles? :)


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#include <setjmp.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <sys/exceptn.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <signal.h>

jmp_buf my_buf;
void (*old_sig_handler)(int);


void my_sig_handler(int signum)
{
    /* if(__djgpp_exception_inprog > 1) return; */
    memcpy(my_buf, __djgpp_exception_state, sizeof(jmp_buf));
    longjmp(my_buf, 1);
}


main()
{
   printf("hit Control-C to test this...\n");
   old_sig_handler = signal(SIGINT, my_sig_handler);
   for(;;) {printf("testing\n");}
   return(0);
}
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--Thanks.
Josh
snarfy AT goodnet DOT com