[GHC] #7229: Detecting if a process was killed by a signal is impossible

[GHC]

#7229: Detecting if a process was killed by a signal is impossible
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    Reporter:  benmachine         |       Owner:                  
        Type:  bug                |      Status:  new             
    Priority:  high               |   Milestone:  7.6.2           
   Component:  libraries/process  |     Version:                  
    Keywords:                     |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple   |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown            |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                     |    Blocking:                  
     Related:                     |  
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Comment(by benmachine):

 Thanks Simon, that's certainly an improvement. I'm inclined to agree with
 andersk that it's not the principled solution.

 My man page for WCOREDUMP says

 {{{
        WCOREDUMP(status)
               returns  true  if  the  child produced a core dump.  This
 macro
               should only be employed if  WIFSIGNALED  returned  true.
 This
               macro  is not specified in POSIX.1-2001 and is not available
 on
               some UNIX implementations (e.g., AIX, SunOS).   Only  use
 this
               enclosed in #ifdef WCOREDUMP ... #endif.
 }}}

 I don't know how worried we are about that.

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