[RFC] C++ vs forced unwinding

[Jason Merrill]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:12:29 -0800, Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> wrote:

> First, some Standard C functions suddenly can throw exceptions,
> of a kind.  Posix specifies a list of entry points that are
> primary and secondary thread cancellation points.

Makes sense.

> Second, functions declared throw() will still propagate forced
> unwind exceptions.  If we don't represent this, the cleanups get
> deleted as unreachable.

I'm dubious about this.  Can't we just say that you can't call a
cancellation point from a function declared throw()?

Jason