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Re: BUG? -fomit-frame-pointer and exceptions or setjmp/longjmp
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 04:33:41AM +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote:
> > If true, that's a bug. The frame pointer is NOT necessary to
> > throw or catch exceptions.
> >
> But is it necessary for the things like __builtin_(frame|return)_address,
> if the level is much deep than 0?
That's not how exceptions are implemented. We examine
dwarf2 frame unwind information that describes the layout
of the frame very very well.
r~