Re: RFC: setjmp/longjmp (and friends) for a new port

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 12:54:14AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
> So I'm thinking that in MIPS64, setjmp/longjmp can just be versions of  
> getcontext/setcontext.
> longjmp need to be able to set the return value, but that's a minor  
> variation.
>
> Can anyone think of valid reasons not do that?

getcontext/setcontext modify the signal mask, setjmp/longjmp don't.

Joerg