On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:13:00AM +0200, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote: > > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: Debug::SIGSEGVTrace > DSLIP: adhOa > description: Extract A Backtrace on SegFault > userid: STAS (Stas Bekman) > chapterid: 3 (Development_Support) > communities: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > similar: > Devel::CoreStack > > rationale: > > This module attempts to automatically extract a backtrace when a > segfault happens, rather then letting the core file be dumped.
Cool. I think the name shouldn't contain SEGV since that's just one of the causes of a core. Another fairly common one is a Bus Error. How about Debug::CoreStackTrace? Have you looked at the sigtrap module? Your work may be a natutral extension to that. Tim.
