[Bug libstdc++/25191] exception_defines.h #defines try/catch

["gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #31 from gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu  2006-01-12 01:15 -------
Subject: Re:  exception_defines.h #defines try/catch

"hhinnant at apple dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

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| I'm simply pointing out that the effort could be improved.
| Obviously no standard is going to back this view up.

Great.  Then stopping making conformance claims.  Also consider the
suggestion made earlier that the root of the problem is elsewhere --
extend the front-end to be complete.

| We have a conforming C++ program, which does not use try/catch/throw, 

it uses the identifier "try".

| which
| works as expected under -fno-exceptions if you don't include <vector>, and
| breaks if you do.  I think libstdc++ can and should do better than that.  We
| have customer complaints on this issue.  I'm developing a library-based patch
| to improve our support in this area.

given than bkoz and I have already expressed our suggestion of no
further uglification of libstdc++, I'm waiting to see how the
library-based patch would look like.

-- Gaby


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