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Re: primitive _exit
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Neil Jerram |
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Re: primitive _exit |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:31:45 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:
> The subject of _exit() as opposed to exit() has come up before. I
> propose to add _exit as a `primitive-primitive-exit', so you can
> really get out of a process straight away, with no C or Scheme level
> stuff. The docs would be per below, adding the existing but
> undocumented plain `exit' too.
>
> Not sure about the name primitive-primitive-exit. It's pretty ugly,
> but something shorter like `_exit' would make the heirarchy of exits a
> lot less obvious.
How about primitive-_exit ? It's a little odd, but I think will be
intuitive to anyone looking for _exit. I know we don't conventionally
use underscores in Scheme, but I don't think doing so will break
anything.
The doc is great.
Neil
- primitive _exit, Kevin Ryde, 2006/04/26
- Re: primitive _exit,
Neil Jerram <=