On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 08:31:20PM +0200, Harald Anlauf wrote:
>
> Am 16.10.23 um 19:11 schrieb Tobias Burnus:
> > Yesterday, someone was confused because the signal handler did not work.
> >
> > It turned out that the created Fortran procedure used as handler used
> > pass by reference - and 'signal' passed the it by value.
> >
> > This patch adds the 'passed by value' to the wording:
> >
> > "@var{HANDLER} to be executed with a single integer argument passed by
> > value"
> >
> > OK for mainline?
>
> I think the patch qualifies as obvious.
>
> While at it, you might consider removing the comment a few lines below
> the place you are changing,
>
> @c TODO: What should the interface of the handler be? Does it take
> arguments?
>
> and enhance the given example by e.g.:
>
> subroutine handler_print (signal_number)
> integer, value :: signal_number
> print *, "In handler_print: received signal number", signal_number
> end subroutine handler_print
>
Good suggestion, Harald. I was composing a similar email
when I saw yours pop into by inbox.
--
Steve
