Re: patch: <bits/localefwd.h> with -fno-exceptions

[Ross Smith <ross dot s at ihug dot co dot nz>]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 
> There are other approaches.  For example,
> 
>   #if NO_EXCEPTIONS
>   #define try if (true)
>   #define catch(x) if (false)
>   #endif
> 
> This works because try and catch blocks are always enclosed in
> braces.

Why bother with the "if (true)"? If you simply "#define try" (i.e. try
-> empty string), the try block becomes a plain brace-enclosed block,
which should DTRT.

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