I think geofft's answer is a good one, but I wanted to add a different point: you can't not deal with signals. They're going to happen, and even if you block or

I think geofft's answer is a good one, but I wanted to add a different point: you can't not deal with signals. They're going to happen, and even if you block or ignore them, that doesn't change the fact that something happened that may be important to your process. That's just the rules of the game.