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From: Nala Ginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com>
To: 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 10:22:34 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPjoZodoHaC8Xo0uTjgdQNsaz3MRQbpXaKrOMtNCt04rwcxMQw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkgzpn87.fsf@yeeloong.netris.org>

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On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:

> Nala Ginrut <nalaginrut@gmail.com> writes:
> > I realized that "waitpid" in Guile will cause my program crash while
> > "waitpid" actually returned -1. I believe it's unnecessary. I think
> > the better way is we deal with it by ourselves if "waitpid in POSIX"
> > returned -1. The SCM_SYSERROR bother me a lot. I hope my program
> > get robustness other than crash.
>
> The proper way to deal with this is to catch the system error, e.g.:
>
> (catch 'system-error
>  (lambda () (waitpid the-pid))
>  (lambda (key . args) 'waitpid-failed))
>
>     Best,
>       Mark
>

Oh thanks ,that's what I need.
But how can I find the error message like 'waitpid-failed? I can't find it
in the manual.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-18  2:22 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 [this message]
2011-10-18 14:58     ` Andy Wingo

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