trap_exit cannot trap signal when exit/1 doesn't called explicitly

[Bengt Kleberg]

On 2006-08-22 18:22, lang er wrote:
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> 
> demonstrate_normal() ->
>     link(whereis(demo)).
> 
> demonstrate_exit(What) ->
>     link(whereis(demo)),
>     exit(What).

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> After start(), I call  demonstrate_normal(), demo process should trap 
> the exit(normal) signal, but it doesn't,
>  and if  I call  demonstrate_exit(normal) , demo do trap the exit(normal).
> 
> The only difference between theses two situations is the exiting process 
> call exit/1 explicitly.
> 
> Must I call exit before existing ?

''existing''? do you mean exiting :-)

you did not exit.
the shell is linked to the demo process when you call 
demonstrate_normal(). but the shell never exits, so there is nothing to 
trap for demo.
in demonstrate_exit() you do exit, and demo gets something.
(the shell is restarted after the exit).


bengt
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