Re: [Chicken-hackers] interrupts overhaul

[Felix]

From: John Cowan <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] interrupts overhaul
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:39:56 -0400

> Felix scripsit:
> 
>> 2) SIGINT handling has been moved to csi, to make it work without
>> loading the "posix" unit.
> 
> Does this mean that csi can now be made to trap SIGINT so that you can
> abort a program without aborting the REPL?  That would be a Very Good
> Thing: most Scheme REPLs support it (the only exceptions on my list of
> 28 Schemes are Chicken, Kawa, Mosh, and VX).

This is the same behaviour as before, just that you don't have to 
load the "posix" extension anymore (which installed the SIGINT handler
in previous CHICKEN versions).


cheers,
felix