Re: signal handling different in 1.8.3 than 1.8.1?

[Gregory Marton]

> Hello,
>
> Gregory Marton <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I would surmise that this is an extremely longstanding issue that was
> > introduced some time before 1.8.1, and that I only noticed it now
> > because I was trying to use the default build.
>
> As I suggested earlier [0], I think it's just a matter of
> non-determinism: there's no guarantee as to when system asyncs are run.

And as I suggested earlier, I think it is very valuable to have guarantees 
about when alarms in particular are handled -- that being what they're for.

Grem

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