sigaction.sa_handler = MyClass::memberFunction;

[Barry Margolin]

In article <3F1D5FBC.3080201@telus.net>,
shea martin <samworks@telus.net> wrote:

>Is there a way I can assign a member function to sigaction.sa_handler?
>i.e.,

It needs to be a static member, because the signalling mechanism won't call
it through a class instance.

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[stephan beal]

shea martin wrote:

> Is there a way I can assign a member function to sigaction.sa_handler?
> i.e.,

Nope: C++'s signal handling is actually C's signal handling, and C doesn't
know about member functions.

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