Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!paperboy!meissner From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Default actions for %SIG Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 02:28:12 GMT References: <11683@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> <124822@uunet.UU.NET> <1991Mar06.213823.17347@convex.com> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Distribution: comp Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 16 In-reply-to: tchrist@convex.COM's message of 6 Mar 91 21:38:23 GMT In article <1991Mar06.213823.17347@convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: | Probably so. On systems with the facilities you describe, | won't syscall get you there? What does dot-1 say on syscall? | I know -- it's just a hack. I don't think dot.1 has syscall, but that's not the real problem. The real problem is the size of the signal mask is implementation dependent (ie, it's not just a long anymore). On DG/UX on the 88k, signal masks were 64 bits. -- Michael Meissner email: meissner@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Considering the flames and intolerance, shouldn't USENET be spelled ABUSENET?