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Re: GCC Feature question
- From: Tim Prince <tprince at computer dot org>
- To: "Michael Lovett" <mlovett at morpace dot com>, <gcc at gnu dot org>
- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:14:13 -0700
- Subject: Re: GCC Feature question
- References: <sd94e27f.091@farm_groupwise1_srv.morpace-i.com>
- Reply-to: tprince at computer dot org
On Friday 27 September 2002 19:57, Michael Lovett wrote:
> Hiya
>
> Does the current GCC (3.2x) support the try/finally construct?
>
> We are porting apps to UNIX from Windows but so far can't find a compiler
> with try/finally. It is such a useful, convenient construct it is hard to
> imagine structured programming without it.
>
> Does anyone know if this is planned for the future if it isn't available
> now?
>
> Thanks so much!
> Michael Lovett
To the extent this stuff is supported in the cygwin win32api, you may be able
to adapt it to reconcile its conflicts with other g++ targets. You may find
further information in the cygwin FAQ and, of course source code. It's
certainly considered more of a library than a compiler thing.
--
Tim Prince