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Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:
>
> Well, it is documented in the reference manual, and a quick search for 
> the word "interrupt" in the index would have put you right there...
> 
> However, I think this is an interesting example. I guess the OP simply 
> thought "oh, I must handle interrupts, therefore I must interface with 
> the system - i.e. use C)", he didn't even imagine that it was provided 
> out of the box...

I suspect the OP wasn't looking for "interrupt"; he was looking for "signal". 
What a signal is, and whether it's the same as an interrupt, is highly platform- 
and compiler-dependent. About all you can say is an interrupt handler works for 
GNAT/Linux.

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