Date: 03 Dec 1997 11:41:00 +0100
From: mjs AT prg DOT hannover DOT sgh-net DOT de (Mark Junker)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: DJGPP, GCC, and throw, try, catch
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Prev. Author: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA
      Date:   03.12.97
      Subject:"DJGPP, GCC, and throw, try, catch"

> Does GCC/DJGPP support C++ exceptions; that is to say, the throw statement
> and the try...catch block? If so, in what ways if any does it deviate from
> the standard?
It supports them if you use "-fhandle-exceptions" but it still has bugs  
(compilation is sometimes aborted). It's compatible with final ANSI C++  
draft.


> posted in the newsgroup.) There was plenty on C++, there was plenty about
> exceptions (but all CPU rather than C++ exceptions), and only one of the
> word "throw", in the very first question, "How to capture all the error
> messages GCC throws at me".
This feature is quite new - just like RTTI.

Regards, MJS
Use it: _PB3.2 & PREP_ / _ASM & PREASM_ / _NASM & FLINK_