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Re: First 2.95.3 test release available


On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 12:04:37PM -0600, Bill Wendling wrote:
> Also sprach Bernd Schmidt:
> } On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, David O'Brien wrote:
> } 
> } > On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 07:33:19PM +0000, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> } > > The first test release of gcc-2.95.3 is available in
> } > >   ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/gcc-2.95.3-prerelease/
> } > > This test release is named gcc-2.95.3.test1.
> } >
> } > It looks like all the sjlj fixes when in on 12/29/2000.
> } > Can you confirm that you concider the book on the sjlj exceptions to be
> } > closed?
> } 
> } Yes.  It should work now.
> } 
> Newbie question: What is an sjlj exception?

Exceptions raised on systems that don't support any other method of recording
the boundaries of where to issue the exception (Dwarf2, native OS, etc.) use
setjmp to mark the exception register and longjmp raise the exception, hence
the abbreviation sjlj.

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