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Re: FW: Java vs. Dwarf2 EH Unwinder
- From: David Mosberger <davidm at napali dot hpl dot hp dot com>
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>
- Cc: davidm at hpl dot hp dot com, rth at redhat dot com, aph at redhat dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, hans_boehm at hp dot com
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:43:34 -0800
- Subject: Re: FW: Java vs. Dwarf2 EH Unwinder
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- Reply-to: davidm at hpl dot hp dot com
>>>>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:12:22 +1200, Bryce McKinlay <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> said:
Bryce> OK, but it sounds like ia64 is something of a special case
Bryce> for unwinding, and it doesn't have any problem with unwinding
Bryce> signal frames?
Yes.
Bryce> The motivation here is to get other platforms
Bryce> which use the dwarf2 unwinder working for Java - the ones
Bryce> that are working already can continue to use their existing
Bryce> mechanism if it makes sense.
True, but it would have to be made clear that the new
_Unwind_RaiseException() variant is not available on all
architectures (and not meant to be).
--david