Re: [LAD] Session Handlers and 'level 1' support

From: Gabriel M. Beddingfield <gabrbedd@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Jan 08 2010 - 16:06:20 EET

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Chris Cannam wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Nedko Arnaudov <nedko@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>> "Gabriel M. Beddingfield" <gabrbedd@email-addr-hidden> writes:
>>>     "The application, after receiving the signal, should
>>>     save as soon as possible.  However, the saving does
>>>     not have to happen in the signal-handler function
>
> This is far too weak -- it _cannot_ safely be done from a signal handler.

Why not?

-gabriel

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