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Re: Minimal GCC/Linux shared lib + EH bug example
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at v dot loewis dot de>, David Abrahams <david dot abrahams at rcn dot com>
- Cc: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>, "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk at cci dot lbl dot gov>, "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 00:31:52 -0700
- Subject: Re: Minimal GCC/Linux shared lib + EH bug example
--On Monday, May 13, 2002 07:58:20 AM +0200 "Martin v. Loewis"
<martin@v.loewis.de> wrote:
> "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams@rcn.com> writes:
>
>> > My feeling is that a user interface like this
>>
>> What do you mean by "like this"?
>>
>> > is just not worth having. It is true that these features
>>
>> Please be specific so that I can understand your position. Which are
>> "these features"?
>
> Interpreting Mark: "this" is an interface that sometimes works,
> sometimes doesn't.
>
>> Have you read the rest of the thread? The reasons it doesn't work by
>> accident have been pretty fully explored; if you're still surprised
>> in light of that explanation I'd appreciate knowing why because the
>> rest of us are probably missing something important.
>
> Mark is right that you just found a special case of a more general
> problem, and that what you consider a solution (do string compares)
> just solves the special case, not the general problem.
Martin, who does not even completely agree with me, has done an excellent
job of elucidating my posting. Thank you!
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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