threads+CNI+SIGINT

Sun Mar 26 08:04:00 GMT 2000

Oskar Liljeblad wrote:
> Don't GCJ-compiled programs have some SIGINT handler? If so, why isn't
> it installed in the main thread? If not, how is GC cleanup/finalization
> done?

Actually no GC cleanup is needed (the runFinalizersOnExit method is
deprecated; I don't recall whether libgcj even implements it). SIGINT
handling is necessary on Linux to ensure that all threads terminate, I
believe. With other thread packages it may not be needed at all.
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Jeff Sturm
jsturm@sigma6.com