FW: Java vs. Dwarf2 EH Unwinder

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:12:22 +1200, Bryce McKinlay <bryce@waitaki.otago.ac.nz> said:

  Bryce> OK, but it sounds like ia64 is something of a special case
  Bryce> for unwinding, and it doesn't have any problem with unwinding
  Bryce> signal frames?

Yes.

  Bryce> The motivation here is to get other platforms
  Bryce> which use the dwarf2 unwinder working for Java - the ones
  Bryce> that are working already can continue to use their existing
  Bryce> mechanism if it makes sense.

True, but it would have to be made clear that the new
_Unwind_RaiseException() variant is not available on all
architectures (and not meant to be).

	--david