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Re: Projects
- To: "Jonathan P. Olson" <olson at mmsi dot com>
- Subject: Re: Projects
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at sigma6 dot com>
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 17:28:02 -0400
- CC: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>, green at cygnus dot com, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: AppNet
- References: <200004271348.GAA23627@fencer.cygnus.com> <0004270812410L.15141@jpo-laptop.mmsi.com> <200005040242.TAA27719@ferrule.cygnus.com> <0005040853430S.15141@jpo-laptop.mmsi.com>
"Jonathan P. Olson" wrote:
> The exception handling patches are definitely alot messier than write
> barriers. Exceptions in gcc are currently quite broken on many architectures
> and terribly inefficient on others. There are two different exception handling
> strategies intermingled in the gcc code. Adding a third makes an enormous
> spaghetti bowl and is contrary to the overall goal of eliminating compilation
> options. I opted for just replacing the existing code, but I doubt if that's
> politically acceptable for gcc in general since libraries are currently built
> using the existing mechanism(s).
FYI I think one goal of GCC 3.0 is to eliminate the current sjlj
expection
handling mechanism. Apparently some maintainers feel it has caused more
trouble than it was worth.
--
Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@appnet.com