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Re: [basic-improvements] try/finally support for c/c++
- From: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
- To: Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>
- Cc: Stan Shebs <shebs at apple dot com>, rth at redhat dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, jakub at redhat dot com, jason at redhat dot com, drepper at redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 21:22:29 -0800
- Subject: Re: [basic-improvements] try/finally support for c/c++
- References: <3DC8649F.4010104@apple.com> <7A2D119E-F121-11D6-ACE2-000393B2ABA2@apple.com>
> >So, uh, did I miss the part where we discussed whether this
> >was a good extension to add?
>
> I'm a bit concerned about that too. I hate to see major
> language design decisions get made without a lot of thought
> given to the overall direction of the language.
Matt, Stan: see Jason's followup email.
> One big question is whether the intention is for this to be
> part of the GNU C dialect only, or whether there's to be an
> attempt to make it part of standard C.
GNU C dialect for now.
This was needed for glibc's rewrite of threads. I'm hoping Uli will
chime in here.
Aldy