Re: gcc-3.0 bug - destructor not called when throwing an exception

[Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>]

On Sun, Jul 29, 2001 at 12:16:20AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2001, Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com> wrote:
> > The ctor for 'a' finished before the try block was entered.
> 
> Not before the try block whose catch caught the exception, which is
> the one that matters.

Mmmph, good point.  Dunno what I was thinking.


> Unfortunately, this appears to be the case in GCC 3.0.
> This would qualify as a high-priority bug, since it's a regression
> from 2.95.2.  It must definitely be added to the Gnats database.

I'm confused now -- this seems to be a pretty obvious bug.  If true,
it's amazing that this made it into 3.0...?


Phil

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