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Re: libjava test suite keeps getting stuck
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 02:09:02PM +1200, Bryce McKinlay wrote:
> I'm not sure why a #pragma would make a difference in this case. My
> understanding is that currently, Java exceptions will be used for the
> entire module if the object being thrown is an extern "java" and extends
> java.lang.Throwable, so that doesn't explain why __gxx_personality_v0 is
> being referenced from the C++ parts of libjava, unless there are places
> that really are throwing or catching non-Java exceptions.
I explained that, I thought. If just cleanups (aka destructors)
must be run, then that doesn't count as a throw or catch. So no
decision could be made based on the type of object involved.
> Also, I'm not really up to speed on the issues here, but isn't it
> conceivable that a module would want to use both C++ and Java exception
> semantics?
No, it is not conceivable. Or rather, the exception handling ABI
is not designed for that sort of thing and it is not possible.
> For example, to catch a C++ exception thrown from a C++ library
> in one function but to throw a Java exception back to some Java code in
> another?
Put the two functions in different source files and all is well.
This is not such a severe restriction.
r~