qfork()
Peter da Silva
peter at ficc.ferranti.com
Fri Dec 28 05:56:25 AEST 1990
Submitted-by: peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
In article <16066 at cs.utexas.edu> lewine at cheshirecat.webo.dg.com (Donald Lewine) writes:
> I would propose replacing the phrase: "executes any code" with "calls
> any function defined in this standard or the C standard {8}" I think
> that does what you mean.
How about "executes any code that changes the state of the program". So,
for example:
static int child;
child = 0;
if(qfork() == 0) {
child = 1;
exec...;
}
At this point, unless I'm confused about legal interpretations of "qfork()",
the value of "child" is indeterminate.
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