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Re: exceptions and threads
- To: egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: exceptions and threads
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:49:03 -0700
- Reply-To: egcs at cygnus dot com
In message <199712092333.AAA02615@riva.nowhere>you write:
> Hi all. I was wondering whether signalling a thread could be
> converted safely into a C++ exception. My gut feeling is that
> it cannot, but I'd like your compiler experts confirmation.
Can you provide more details about what this really means.
Does this imply that exceptions can happen basically anywhere in
a program (as opposed to exceptions in C++ which happen at distinct
points (either a throw point or at function call points)
jeff