Re: windows doesn't notice backend death

justin wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>>   Have M$ really been stupid
>> enough to make an external kill look just like an exit() call?
>>
>>             regards, tom lane
>>
>>   
> kind of :-(
>
>
>
> Would it not be easy to set the normal exitcode to something other 
> than 1 to see the difference
> ExitProcess()
>

Not really, as Tom showed later this is an example of a more general 
problem. I think his solution of detecting when backends have cleaned up 
nicely and when they have not is the right way to go.

cheers

andrew