The Signal handling in Object REXX

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The handling of the halt signal seems to be buggy in Object-Oriented REXX; for example the signal handling does not work in the following REXX program.
[Tested with OBJREXX 6.00 12 Jul 1996]
[Fixed in OBJREXX 6.00 26 Feb 1997 and newer versions (included in WARP 4 Fixpack #6)]

 
/*                                                                    */
/* example for a bug in the signal handling in Object REXX            */
/*                                                                    */
/* Source: Found in a message in a public news group                  */
/*                                                                    */
/* Hint: To get around the bug shown in this example, you can use the */
/*       function LineOut() instead of the SAY statement.             */
/*                                                                    */

 call on halt

 do forever
   say "Testing (press CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK) ..."
 end;

exit

Halt:

  say "Abort the program? "
  userInput = translate( lineIn() )
  if userInput = "Y" then
    exit

return


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