Re: TODO-item: Add sleep() function, remove from regress.c

On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 11:31:13AM +0100, Joachim Wieland wrote:
> No, cancelling the sleep works (at least for Unix). Isn't cancelling
> implemented via a signal that interrupts select() ?
>
> Anyway, I've changed it, removing the ~2000s limit is a good point.
> +     while (secs > 1.0)
> +     {
> +         pg_usleep(1000000);
> +         CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS();
> +         secs -= 1.0;
> +     }

Won't this result in a call to pg_sleep with a long sleep time ending up
sleeping noticeably longer than requested?
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