Exception handling implementation information

[Andrew Haley]

George Argyros wrote:
> Hi,
> I am searching for information/documentation on the implementation of
> the exception handling mechanism in gcc. In particular i would like to
> know some details about the .gcc_except_table ELF section, and
> generally about the mechanism design. If no documentation exists i
> would appreciate any other reference such as source code files.

The source code is in gcc.

The spec is at
http://www.codesourcery.com/public/cxx-abi/abi-eh.html

Andrew.