On Tue, 23 Apr 1996, Piete Brooks wrote:
> Interupt handlers should set flags, or modify "simple" variables.
> They should not munge around with objects which are assumed invarient during
> certain operations.
The smail and exim SIGCHLD handlers modify simple variables, if by
simple you mean scalars and members of a fixed array of scalars.
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