[Bug libstdc++/25191] exception_defines.h #defines try/catch

[jason at redhat dot com]

------- Comment #68 from jason at redhat dot com  2008-11-20 18:10 -------
Subject: Re:  exception_defines.h #defines try/catch

mmitchel at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:
> If I recall correctly, unwinding into a frame with no EH data will cause a
> runtime abort, so programs will not silently skip catch clauses that have been
> compiled away.  The program may fail, but at least it will not do so silently. 
> Jason, is that correct?

Yes.  If the unwinder runs out of unwind info before it finds a handler, 
we call terminate().


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