(bbfu) Re: (tye)Re2: Tied %SIG

Ah, yes. Well, part of the problem I was having in the first place is that if I don't re-set $SIG{ALRM} it is still set to what the user set it to.

Er, that is, this is what I mean is, even though my STORE method is getting called when $SIG{ALRM} is set to \&foo, $SIG{ALRM} is still being set to \&foo.

I realize this is undocumented (I just forgot when I asked that last question :-p ). I'm going to try out switching out %SIG's symbol table entry. I'll probably end up scrapping the whole thing. Blah. It's probably not that useful anyway.

Thanks for your help. :-)

bbfu
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(tye)Re3: Tied %SIG by tye (Sage) on May 01, 2001 at 01:58 UTC
Don't forget that after your change, people still need to be able to change `$SIG{INT}` (etc.) so your code needs to handle that. - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")	[reply] [d/l]
(bbfu) (the pain!) Re: (tye)Re3: Tied %SIG by bbfu (Curate) on May 01, 2001 at 02:06 UTC
Well, switching out `%SIG`'s symbol table entry totally kills all ability to set signal handlers. sigh Plus the STORE method doesn't even get called any more. Update: Oh wait, I lied. I was just doing it wrong. It does work, though it still seems dangerous. If I still go ahead with this, I'm definately making this at least a switch that defaults to off. :-) Well, it would have been cool if I could've gotten it to work. I still could but it would probably explode "at the most inconvient time" (says seanbo). I still think that they should fix it so we can tie `%SIG`... :-) Maybe I'll go ahead and write the rest of the code and just put in large disclaimers that it can't be used with legacy alarm code. Heh, maybe I could even put in a `$VOODOO` flag... ;-) Thanks again for all your help, tye. I had a pretty good idea when I started that I wouldn't be able to pull this off, and I'm suprised I got as far as I did. I certainly learned a thing or two in the process, which makes it all worth-while. bbfu Seasons don't fear The Reaper. Nor do the wind, the sun, and the rain. We can be like they are.	[reply] [d/l] [select]