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From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Should we standardize on a type for signal handlerflags?
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Msg-id 20170606191452.gdqr3r4loits564g@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Should we standardize on a type for signal handler flags?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 2017-06-06 14:45:37 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> > A reasonable rule would actually be to only use [u]int32 and
> > sig_atomic_t, never bool.
> 
> Yes, I'd agree with that.

Cool.  I propose we change, once branched, the existing code using
booleans, and codify that practice in sources.sgml already existing
section about signal handlers.

- Andres

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