From:	Ian Miller <itmiller AT dera DOT gov DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP, GCC, and throw, try, catch
Date:	03 Dec 1997 17:39:34 +0000
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ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) writes:

> Does GCC/DJGPP support C++ exceptions; that is to say, the throw statement
> and the try...catch block?

Yes.

> If so, in what ways if any does it deviate from the standard?

It doesn't; it's just broken.

> I searched the FAQ... under such items as "exception", "throw", and "C++" and
> failed to find one single reference to C++ exceptions...

That's because this is not a DJGPP-specific issue.

> ... in the entire monolithic document.

You see, the FAQ is big enough already. (And please don't be so rude about it.)

I have read around this before - the bugs are well known - but I don't remember
where. You could try searching the c.o.m.d. archive at delorie.com. I'm pretty
sure that that will turn up a lot of articles on the subject.

-- 
Ian Miller, Dorset, UK
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