Re: .ly file partially compiles, then LP crashes

[Bernhard Kleine]

Am 28.07.2017 um 18:56 schrieb David Kastrup:
> David Wright <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Fri 28 Jul 2017 at 15:16:03 (+0200), David Kastrup wrote:
>>> Bernhard Kleine <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>>> Am 28.07.2017 um 00:55 schrieb Guy Stalnaker:
>>>>> Exited with return code -1073741819
>>>> This has come up with the same number IIRC repeatedly.
>>> It's Windows' helpful way to refer to a segfault.  Storing something
>>> more descriptive like "Segmentation violation" for several dozen
>>> signal-based error messages would consume too much memory needed for
>>> spyware. 16kB should be enough for anybody.
>> I don't understand what the OS would do with these error messages.
>> On error, the OS returns a code¹ which is handled by the caller.
>> When I run a program under strace, I can see the OS generating
>> hundreds of errors every second and they all go unreported except
>> as a return code. It's up to the application to decide whether to
>> finally report something, and what that is.
> On Posix systems, applications are usually started by the shell and the
> shell translates return codes corresponding to a process aborted by a
> signal to a suitable message.
>
> Why is Windows incapable of doing the same?
>
It happens obviously not often enougp to cause the giant to react.

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