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Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:06:23 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: Exception handling
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At 10:53 AM 2/14/99 +0100, you wrote:
>static void ExcHandler (int sig)
>{
>  static int been_here = 0;
>  static jmp_buf exc_buf;
>  int    i;
> 
>  if (been_here)
>  {
>    been_here = 0;
>    signal (sig,SIG_DFL);
>    __djgpp_exception_state_ptr = &exc_buf;
>  }
>  else
>  {
>    memcpy (&exc_buf,__djgpp_exception_state_ptr,sizeof(exc_buf));
>    been_here = 1;
> 
>    if (sig == SIGFPE)
>    {
>      _clear87();
>      _fpreset();
>    }
>    psignal (sig, "shutdown");
>    
>    .. do your main exc-processing here..
>  } 
>  raise (SIGABRT);
>}

Clever. I like the been_here var to prevent endlessly looping on nested
signals.
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