Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 21:58:23 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: atrens@nortel.ca, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, gram@cdsec.com, grog@lemis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@spinner.dialix.com.au Subject: Re: Bug in malloc/free Message-ID: <199709191158.VAA14696@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>There is no way to calculate only a few bits per call since there is no >>way to keep track of state. > >Wrong. A signal handler can have a private static variable. > >:-) Wrong :-). Such a variable would have static storage duration, so the usual restrictions apply - the behaviour is undefined if the variable is accessed, unless it has type volatile sig_atomic_t and the access is an assignment. Bruce
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