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From: Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
To: Nala Ginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>, guile-devel <guile-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] waitpid should not crash on error
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:58:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mxcy8hz2.fsf@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPjoZodoHaC8Xo0uTjgdQNsaz3MRQbpXaKrOMtNCt04rwcxMQw@mail.gmail.com> (Nala Ginrut's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:22:34 +0800")

On Tue 18 Oct 2011 04:22, Nala Ginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:
>
>     (catch 'system-error
>      (lambda () (waitpid the-pid))
>      (lambda (key . args) 'waitpid-failed))
>
> But how can I find the error message like 'waitpid-failed? I can't
> find it in the manual. 

That's not an error message, it's the return value of the catch handler.

Andy
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      reply	other threads:[~2011-10-18 14:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-16  3:57 [PATCH] waitpid should not crash on error Nala Ginrut
2011-10-17 17:00 ` Mark H Weaver
2011-10-18  2:22   ` Nala Ginrut
2011-10-18 14:58     ` Andy Wingo [this message]

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