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In article 23644@ichips.intel.com, tmcconne@sedona.intel.com (Tom McConnell) writes:
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>In article <1992Jul28.040201.5029@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
>> I was hacking around in the bison files for gcc 2.2.2 and came 
>> across the comment which said that gcc 2.2.2 supports ANSI
>> exception handling syntax, but use at your own risk.
>> 
>> Has anyone had any trouble with them?  Are they pretty robust?
>> 
>> Could someone explain to me the syntax and how they work?  I'm
>> familier with lispish exception handling--is it similar in
>> concept?
>> 
>> Thank-you kindly, in advance.
>
>  My experiance with gcc and exception handling is that it does not work. The
>code is "there" but does not seem to be functional. I spent some time trying to
>write a working exception program, then spent some time debugging gcc, to no
>avail.
>
>  I spent some time talking to other people, and my understanding that exception
>handling does not currently work :(

When the bison grammar files note that they support ANSI exception handling syntax
that is exactly what they mean: GNU C++ will parse ANSI-style exception handling
code if you give it the correct -f flag but there is (as yet) no run-time support.

	Chris Flatters
	cflatter@nrao.edu