[Python-Dev] Problem with signals in a single threaded application

[Ulisses Furquim]

On 1/24/07, Nick Maclaren <nmm1 at cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Obviously, Unix and Microsoft systems depend on signals, so you
> can't simply regard them as hopelessly broken, but you can't assume
> that they are RELIABLE.  All code should be designed to cope with
> the case of signals getting lost, if at all possible.  Defending
> yourself against the other failures is an almost hopeless task,
> but luckily they are extremely rare except on specialist systems.

I couldn't agree more. I might have misused the word "reliably". At
first glance I thought the signal was being lost but then I've
discovered what was really happening.

Regards,

-- Ulisses