Re: [gtk-list] Re: callback synchronisation

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:45:12 -0500, Paul Barton-Davis wrote:
>>Then I think I'll be fine. Is there a documentation somewhere which
>>guarantees this?
> 
> /usr/local/src/glib-1.2.0/gmain.c :)
> 
> plus the usual POSIX-ish docs on how signal handlers work.
> 
>>Which is not particularly helpful. Solaris man page is much better, but
>>read and write like calls will be restarted only on slow devices, like
>>terminals. Doesn't work for file system, I'm afaraid.
> 
> Thats good to know. i was getting worried that Linux had pathological
> behaviour in this case. 

I just quickly read this thread (I've been out of the office for several
days) and only one question arised: Have you guys actually checked the
Source Of All Unix Knowledge (a.k.a. Stevens[1]) on this topic? I know
that I may sound like an old gramophone player, but it IS documented in
that book.


Erik

[1] "Advanced programming in the Unix environment" by W. Richard Stevens.

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