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Re: PATCH: Readline on MinGW

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

>> In any case, it is traditional on Posix platforms to use `kill', not
>> `raise'.  I think the latter was introduced by ANSI/ISO C; if Readline
>> does not mandate an ISO C compiler like GDB does, it would make more
>> sense to use `raise' only if `kill' is unavailable.
>
> This isn't right.  POSIX mandates the existence of raise; ANSI/ISO C
> does not specify anything having to do with signals.

Both signal and raise together with a few signal numbers are part of ISO
C.  But the effect of signals is almost completely implementation-defined.

Andreas.

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