On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Stephane St Hilaire wrote:

> > Why do you care?  There may be a better way to solve the underlying
> > problem.
>
> Let's say my library has a function that takes a while to complete (say a
> few seconds). Basically I have a blocking call that I don't want anyone
> using from a signal handler but I'd rather return an error code when called
> from such a context than just hanging or crapping out.
> That's the main idea.

Then you provide a way for the program to tell you. ;-) Say a flag passed
in.

Take care,

Bill