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> Hardly, since last I checked pending signals for a process was a
> bitmask...
As I mentioned in a follow up. The use of a bit-mask is an implementation
detail. Note that I concur that the "defined" signals have to be "masked".
I also note that there are "system dependent" macros to do this so there
is a consistant interface to user code. However, this does not preclude
designing other signals. In fact, AT&T Unix (1983) did this, called such
an arrangement ssignal() "Software signal".
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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