Re: [Help-smalltalk] Verbosity

[Paolo Bonzini]

> I was looking at this:
>
> case SIGINT:
>       is_serious_error = false;
>       if (!_gst_non_interactive && in_interpreter)
>     {
>       _gst_set_signal_handler (sig, interrupt_handler);
>       stop_executing ("userInterrupt");
>       return;
>     }
>       break;
>
> Isn't ^C an user interruption?
Yes, but the code that you patched it is not only run for SIGINT.  It 
runs also for other signals, including SIGSEGV and SIGUSR1, for which we 
need the backtrace:
> >       if (is_serious_error || sig == SIGUSR1
> >            || (_gst_verbosity > 2 && (ip || _gst_gc_running))
> Is important to show backtrace for SIGUSR1 anyway if verbosity is less 
> than 3?
>
>        if (is_serious_error || (_gst_verbosity > 2 && (ip || 
> _gst_gc_running))
SIGUSR1 is a quick'n'dirty way to show backtraces.  It will not occur 
unless the user asks for it.

Paolo