Re: gcc 4.3.0 vs pdftk 1.41

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

David Daney wrote:
> Jack Howarth wrote:
>> Andrew,
>>    FYI, I did file a bugzilla report on this issue...
>>
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35689
>>
>> ...and Andrew Pinksi declared the usage of c++ i/o in pdftk.cc, while
>> using java exceptions, as invalid.
>> Shouldn't http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html
>> mention this new strictness in g++ of 4.3.x?
>> Also, were any of the java developers aware of
>> this change? It would have been nice if this
>> could have been a warning in the 4.3.x releases
>> to give developers time to adjust.

I think all of us were amazed that it ever worked.  That it did
was by accident.

> As far as I know the mixing of C++ and java exceptions has never been
> supported:
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcj/Exception-Handling.html
> 
> 
> That it used to compile in the past is unfortunate, but I don't think it
> could have ever been considered 'correct' code.

Right.

Andrew.