catch(...) and forced unwind

[Jason Merrill]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 18:55:13 -0500, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:

> Matt Austern <austern@apple.com> writes:
>
>> The real issue, of course is the old one: that the people defining the
>> POSIX standard and the people defining the C++ standard didn't
>> spend enough time talking to each other.  POSIX doesn't know
>> anything about C++ contracts.

> Nor about standard C++ library functions, I presume?  Why should it
> have any impact on the behavior of the C++ lib from a standards POV?

The two standards are incompatible as written.  To make pthreads and C++
play nice together, one or both need some adjustment.

Jason