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Re: sjlj exceptions
- To: bryce at albatross dot co dot nz
- Subject: Re: sjlj exceptions
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 17:27:23 -0800
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, jsturm at one-point dot com, rth at redhat dot com
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <3AB0165C.F8418808@albatross.co.nz>
>>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:
Bryce> Because GCJ needs to throw exceptions from signal handlers
Bryce> in order to implement Java's NullPointerException and
Bryce> ArithmeticException efficiently. That can't currently be
Bryce> done under the existing table EH mechanism without hairy
Bryce> platform-dependent code, currently only written for
Bryce> x86-linux and sparc-solaris.
If I understand, RTH has a way around this, so I think that your
objection will be moot, once his patch goes in.
Thanks,
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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