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@@ -311,63 +311,53 @@ establish the handler. @Theglibc{} does provide this extra
argument, but the value is meaningful only on operating systems that
provide the information (BSD systems and @gnusystems{}).
-@table @code
+@vtable @code
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_INTOVF_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_INTOVF_TRAP
Integer overflow (impossible in a C program unless you enable overflow
trapping in a hardware-specific fashion).
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_INTDIV_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_INTDIV_TRAP
Integer division by zero.
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_SUBRNG_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_SUBRNG_TRAP
Subscript-range (something that C programs never check for).
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTOVF_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_FLTOVF_TRAP
Floating overflow trap.
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTDIV_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_FLTDIV_TRAP
Floating/decimal division by zero.
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTUND_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_FLTUND_TRAP
Floating underflow trap. (Trapping on floating underflow is not
normally enabled.)
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_DECOVF_TRAP
-@vindex FPE_DECOVF_TRAP
Decimal overflow trap. (Only a few machines have decimal arithmetic and
C never uses it.)
@ignore @c These seem redundant
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTOVF_FAULT
-@vindex FPE_FLTOVF_FAULT
Floating overflow fault.
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTDIV_FAULT
-@vindex FPE_FLTDIV_FAULT
Floating divide by zero fault.
@comment signal.h
@comment BSD
@item FPE_FLTUND_FAULT
-@vindex FPE_FLTUND_FAULT
Floating underflow fault.
@end ignore
-@end table
+@end vtable
@comment signal.h
@comment ISO
@@ -2633,10 +2623,9 @@ The @code{sigprocmask} function is used to examine or change the calling
process's signal mask. The @var{how} argument determines how the signal
mask is changed, and must be one of the following values:
-@table @code
+@vtable @code
@comment signal.h
@comment POSIX.1
-@vindex SIG_BLOCK
@item SIG_BLOCK
Block the signals in @code{set}---add them to the existing mask. In
other words, the new mask is the union of the existing mask and
@@ -2644,16 +2633,14 @@ other words, the new mask is the union of the existing mask and
@comment signal.h
@comment POSIX.1
-@vindex SIG_UNBLOCK
@item SIG_UNBLOCK
Unblock the signals in @var{set}---remove them from the existing mask.
@comment signal.h
@comment POSIX.1
-@vindex SIG_SETMASK
@item SIG_SETMASK
Use @var{set} for the mask; ignore the previous value of the mask.
-@end table
+@end vtable
The last argument, @var{oldset}, is used to return information about the
old process signal mask. If you just want to change the mask without