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From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	gnu.g++.help,comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Do exceptions work for gcc 2.7.2 on DOS?
Date:	Sun, 14 Jan 1996 23:14:33 +1130
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Michael E. Wesolowski wrote:

> The symptoms: I've compiled GCC 2.7.2 and libg++-2.7.1 (hopefully
> correctly - that remains to be seen). Simple hello, world programs seem
> to work in C and C++, but I admit to not trying any more complex
> programs. I've written a small program which basically throws an
> exceptions and outputs messages to trace the flow of code. I compile with
> the -fhandle-exceptions flag and attempt to link but get the following
> errors:
> 
> In function 'main' - undefined reference to 'terminate(void)'
> In function '__throw" undefined reference to 'terminate(void)'

I get this same problem (I'm trying to use exceptions under gcc too, don't you
know) for Linux with gcc 2.7.2 and libg++ 2.7.1.  According to the READMEs, it's
because Linux uses a libc which is incompatible with libg++ (at least that's how
I read it).  Perhaps a similar thing occurs under DJGPP.

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