Re: Dynamic modules: emacs-module.c and signaling errors

[Stefan Monnier]

> What happens now is that modules can call Lisp only via env->funcall,
> which _will_ catch the signal.  When the signal is caught, its data is
> recorded.  All the other API calls made by the module function on
> whose watch the signal happened will do nothing, and eventually the
> module function will return to module-call, which will re-throw the
> signal with exactly the same data.
> Why is that a problem?

Because this loses the connection between the signal and its origin.
Because it imposes a cost which we may not want to pay.

The current "funcall" should be renamed to "safe_funcall", and a new
"funcall" should be provided which does not catch signals.


        Stefan