A completely different approach to EH runtime

[Zack Weinberg]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:01:19PM -0500, David Edelsohn wrote:
> >>>>> "H J Lu" writes:
> 
> HJL> Whatever you proposed is irrelevant to Linux if it is not blessed
> HJL> by the glibc/Linux people. At the end of the day, the glibc/Linux
> HJL> people have to clean up the mess. The only questions are when/how it
> HJL> will happen and if the Linux people have to download separate patch
> HJL> for gcc 3.0.
> 
> 	Please stop referring to this as "the mess".  It is not a mess
> just because you and/or Ulrich do not like the solution.  This tone is
> simply offensive.

I agree, however please be aware that the glibc people have had
serious problems with the EH runtime in the past.  So they are
gun-shy.

Everyone in this discussion should search the mailing list archives
for "__register_frame_info" and read all of the threads.  The present
discussion is very much a retread of Dec 1998.

zw