longjmp out of signal handler (was Re: alloca() portability)

[Henry Spencer]

In article <257 at smds.UUCP> rh at smds.UUCP (Richard Harter) writes:
>I assume this is from the ANSI standard.  From this I gather that in
>fact there is no guaranteed portable way to longjmp out of a signal
>handler.  From this I infer (perhaps incorrectly) there is no way
>in ANSI C to do what I want that is safe.  On the other hand it is
>*probably* the case that the code schema I posted will work fine.

Correct.
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