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Re: Does perl really need to use sigsetjmp? (18% performance hit)

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From:
Andy Dougherty
Date:
January 8, 2001 17:51
Subject:
Re: Does perl really need to use sigsetjmp? (18% performance hit)
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Pine.SOL.4.10.10101082050160.12231-100000@maxwell.phys.lafayette.edu
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Alan Burlison wrote:

> > Do we really need to use sigsetjmp?  Wouldn't a setjmp suffice?
> 
> Hello, hello - any experts out there?  I'm interested because I may well
> disable sigsetjmp on the next perl we ship...

There was a reason.  I distinctly remember putting it in at somebody's
request a long long time ago.  I just don't remember when or why. I guess
I'll have to go archive digging a little.

-- 
    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafayette.edu
    Dept. of Physics
    Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
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