Re: [clisp-list] about libsigsegv

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <9F8...@G8...>
> * On the subject of "[clisp-list] about libsigsegv"
> * Sent on Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:46:06 +0100
> * Honorable "Hoehle, Joerg-Cyril" <Joe...@t-...> writes:
>
> What is sigsegv used for?

SP-overflow detection.

> What happens when it's not there?

you get a segfault instead of "Program stack overflow. RESET." on some
platforms.

> I'm not in favour of removing a "highly recommended" library from the
> source tree, especially considering its small size.

we also "highly recommend" readline and libiconv.
we cannot distribute with CLISP all the libraries we want to use.

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