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Re: Throwing C++ exceptions in signal handlers

From: Anthony Green <green at redhat dot com>
To: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>, gcc <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 02 Sep 2002 20:19:34 -0700
Subject: Re: Throwing C++ exceptions in signal handlers
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209021500250.24609-100000@www.eyesopen.com> <3D73E1C5.B73739B@codesourcery.com>

On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 15:10, Nathan Sidwell wrote:
> > Might it be safer to comment out "raise" in cp/cfns.gperf, or is
> > throwing an exception in a signal handler explicitly forbidden?
> It is not permitted.

The java runtime library throws exceptions in signal handlers for some
targets.  See gcc/libjava/include/dwarf2-signal.h, i386-signal.h, etc.

AG

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