Re: signals on windows

[Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>]

Merlin Moncure wrote:

> > It doesn't look like a "signal" is not a kernel primitive on NT, it's a
> >    
> >
> > feature of the CRT implemented in userspace with lower-level OS
> >    
> primitives.
>
> That is correct.  Signals in the Unix sense of the word do not exist in
> win32.  A subset of them was emulated by the C runtime for compatibility
> with dos applications.  All real win32 process messaging goes through
> messages.  
>
> Exception handling, however, is a kernel primitive, and handles some
> cases like int/0 that normally would be handled by signals.  Microsoft
> hacked the C language to include exception support for this reason.
>
>  
OK, so the practical question facing me is "am I doing the right thing 
for signal handling on Windows in initdb.c, or is something else needed?"

cheers

andrew