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Re: [Patch/RFC] SEH exceptions for Win64
On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 07/19/2012 08:30 AM, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>
>> No regression on i386 GNU/Linux.
>> Committed.
>
> Nice. Is this NEWS / docs --or wherever release notes are written-- worthy?
>
> Something like this, borrowed from your own words:
>
> On Win64, the compiler now emits SEH unwind info. GCC exceptions now propagate
> through any code, including code produced by MSVC.
To clarify, GCC emits SEH unwind info since 4.7, so I propose slightly modified words:
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libraries. This includes the system libraries and startup modules.</li>
</ul>
+ <ul>
+ <li>On x86_64-mingw32, exceptions propagate through any code,
+ including code produced by MSVC (the GCC runtime now uses SEH on
+ this target)</li>
+ </ul>
+
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