SIGFPE -> ArithmeticException ?

Thu Jul 1 07:51:00 GMT 1999

Andrew Haley wrote:
> I don't think that there's any reason why the pthread library needs to
> be called when a SIGFPE occurs (as far as I know SIGFPE is
> synchronous) so try replacing calls to sigaction() in i386-signal.h
> with __sigaction(). This isn't an ideal solution, but it should work
> until pthreads is fixed.
>> Here's hoping!

Yes! It works! (Using the original i386-signal.h and making this small
change) Thanks!
Now with that sorted out, can anyone tell me why the following one still
doesn't work? In this example, a SIGSEGV is never even generated:
public class NullPointer
{
 public static void main(String args[])
 {
 try
 {
 String f = null;
 System.out.println(f.toString());
 System.out.println("This should not happen!");
 }
 catch (NullPointerException x)
 {
 System.out.println("Exception generated, Good");
 }
 }
}
regards
 [ bryce ]