In perl.git, the branch blead has been updated <http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/aca72608d124e3b2f36f1612a305708869f7b365?hp=4a8201aff7f38c9cbb9f61d8f237847ae18a7e13>
- Log ----------------------------------------------------------------- commit aca72608d124e3b2f36f1612a305708869f7b365 Author: Jan Dubois <[email protected]> Date: Tue Jul 20 18:48:59 2010 -0700 alarm() on Windows cannot interrupt blocking I/O ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of changes: pod/perlport.pod | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index ac260ed..791c90d 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -1517,6 +1517,12 @@ suffixes. C<-S> is meaningless. (Win32) C<-x> (or C<-X>) determine if a file has an executable file type. (S<RISC OS>) +=item alarm + +Emulated using timers that must be explicitly polled whenever Perl +wants to dispatch "safe signals" and therefore cannot interrupt +blocking system calls. (Win32) + =item atan2 Due to issues with various CPUs, math libraries, compilers, and standards, -- Perl5 Master Repository
