Bootstrap fails in 32bit libjava on x86_64 Fedora 16 with undefined reference to `__cxa_call_unexpected'

[Richard Henderson]

On 11/21/2011 02:47 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 11/21/2011 04:13 AM, Jeff Law wrote:
>> This is (arguably) a glibc issue.  I'm still investigating.
>>
>> Attached you'll find the hack from the gcc46 srpms we're using to work
>> around the problem right now.
> 
> Why is isspace() marked throw, anyway?

Not throw as in throwing, but throw() as in no-throwing.

IMO it's glibc confusion about what C++ throw() means as opposed to __attribute__((__nothrow__)).  The later is merely an assertion by the programmer; the former is a request for the compiler to ensure that no exceptions actually propagate at runtime.


r~