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Re: documentation on "sjlj exceptions", DWARF2, etc?

From: Adam Megacz <gcj at lists dot megacz dot com>
To: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 16 Dec 2001 13:47:28 -0800
Subject: Re: documentation on "sjlj exceptions", DWARF2, etc?
Organization: Myself
References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10112111947430.14560-100000@mars.deadcafe.org>

Jeff Sturm <jsturm@one-point.com> writes:
> The advantages of sjlj EH is a simpler, more portable
> implementation, and smaller size.  The primary disadvantage is
> performance: it incurs some cost even if no exception is never
> thrown.

How bad is the performance hit? Is it one instruction (saving a jump
address), or is there some register-saving involved even if an
exception never gets thrown?

  - a

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