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   On 10/ 7/11 07:34 AM, Harry wrote:   
   > Hi Gurus,   
   > Is it a best practice to handle segmentation fault inside a shared   
   > library(.so) C++ ?   
      
   In most case, no.   
      
   > The shared library is used by C/C++ and java applications.   
   > My intention is that the program using my shared library should get   
   > return values in all cases even in case of segmentation faults.   
      
   How would you manage this portably?  What about other asynchronous events?   
      
   A library should never take ownership of things like signals, that control   
   belongs to the application.   
      
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