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| author | Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> | 2010-07-20 18:48:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com> | 2010-07-20 19:04:03 -0700 |
| commit | aca72608d124e3b2f36f1612a305708869f7b365 (patch) | |
| tree | e79106795cb199d2657df26f05ef27b1839d00ad /pod | |
| parent | 4a8201aff7f38c9cbb9f61d8f237847ae18a7e13 (diff) | |
| download | perl-aca72608d124e3b2f36f1612a305708869f7b365.tar.gz | |
alarm() on Windows cannot interrupt blocking I/O
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diff --git a/pod/perlport.pod b/pod/perlport.pod index ac260ed8f3..791c90d695 100644 --- a/pod/perlport.pod +++ b/pod/perlport.pod @@ -1517,6 +1517,12 @@ suffixes. C<-S> is meaningless. (Win32) C<-x> (or C<-X>) determine if a file has an executable file type. (S<RISC OS>) +=item alarm + +Emulated using timers that must be explicitly polled whenever Perl +wants to dispatch "safe signals" and therefore cannot interrupt +blocking system calls. (Win32) + =item atan2 Due to issues with various CPUs, math libraries, compilers, and standards, |