exceptions and optimization

[Joe Buck]

> There is still a comment in NEWS that says that optimization and
> -fhandle-exceptions are mutually exclusive.  Is there still a problem
> with exceptions and optimization?  Nothing in the egcs FAQ.

Well, it's still true in that egcs doesn't even *have* a switch
called -fhandle-exceptions.  Exceptions are always on unless you
turn them off, which is done with -fno-exceptions.  Read gcc/cp/NEWS.

And the comment in NEWS is way down, under 2.7.x changes.