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Re: Inconsistency in attribute.c


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: Inconsistency in attribute.c
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 23:02:56 +0300 (EET DST)

> 
> I think, it will be necessary to this, if we decide to use setjmp()'s and
> longjmp() out from the signal handler,  when cntl-C is sent while
> executing command like retrieving headers "from *" or downloading messages.
> Relying on errno == EINTR and unwinding the stack may not be possible
> which leave us to longjmp(), I do not know if even readline-4.1 handle
> this well.

Actually, it doesn't. When using longjmp() one must manually clear readline's
state for 4.1 as well. I believe it is always better to avoid using long jumps, 
but in this case they may come handy.  

Anyway, I have already downloaded 3.0 and am going to experiment with it.

a bientot,
Sergey





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