From: Ian Miller Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: DJGPP, GCC, and throw, try, catch Date: 03 Dec 1997 17:39:34 +0000 Organization: Defence Research Agency Message-ID: <8767p6comg.fsf@hasn.dera.gov.uk> References: <6636s7$hrb AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.80.115.106 Lines: 28 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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 The views expressed above are entirely those of the writer and do not represent the views, policy, or understanding of any other person or official body.