Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I assume the timeout passed to IO::Socket::INET is passed on as a timeout
> on the select() system call, which I also assume is portable for Windows.
> So, am I safe using a $ua->timeout, AND wrapping the request in eval {}
> with an alarm($timeout) call (which I will do only if not running $^O =~
> /Win32/)?
You are not safe if you are using alarm. Perl might core dump
randomly if you play with signals. I believe safe signal handling has
made it into bleadperl.
--Gisle
