Re: [ID 20000124.004] "perl in malloc(): warning: recursive call"on

[Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Lars Eggert wrote:

> Ilya,
> 
> thanks for the quick response.
> 
> > Signals and Perl do not mix.  Please do not use signals if a segfault
> > is not a desirable form of output.
> 
> Never? After reading perlipc I was under the impression that using signals
> was okay if you keep your handlers simple. I may have to use to another form
> of IPC if signals cannot be made safe.

Our malloc can't be used in a signal handler.

> 
> Lars
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> Lars Eggert <larse@isi.edu>                   Information Sciences Institute
> http://www.isi.edu/~larse/                 University of Southern California
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References to:

Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>

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