@node abort
@section @code{abort}
@findex abort

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/abort.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
Some platforms mistakenly close all stdio streams prior to raising
SIGABRT:
Cygwin 1.5.x.

@item
Some platforms always print a message to stderr, even if a SIGABRT handler
uses longjmp to resume execution at a safe point:
mingw, MSVC 9.
@end itemize
