> > Correct. I think this is a hangup from the days before
> thread-friendly
> > signal handling, and I didn't think too hard about it when
> converting
> > the code.
>
> So does that mean we should remove that parameter,
> or can the signal mask parameter be made to do something useful?
I had in mind just removing it and doing as you suggested (blocking all
user signals in generic_handler).
> OK, I'll try to implement that when I have time (probably on the
> weekend). I'll do it in THREADED_RTS only at first, because
> I'd like to
> keep the threaded RTS changes in a state where they can be easily
> merged to the stable branch ( ;-) ).
Yes... I'll get on to merging those changes shortly.
Cheers,
Simon
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