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Re: Functions that always return
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Functions that always return
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:00:49 -0800
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <10010291713.AA25777@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 11:58:33AM -0500, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Why not? On Alpha, for example, stack checking is part of the ABI.
But all you get out of it is an abnormal termination,
not a thrown exception in the language sense.
> Is a constant functgion allowed to call other functions?
Sure, as long as they are also constant.
r~