patch: <bits/localefwd.h> with -fno-exceptions

Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
Sat Jan 20 14:42:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> "Ross" == Ross Smith <ross.s@ihug.co.nz> writes:

    Ross> Mark Mitchell wrote:
    >>  There are other approaches.  For example,
    >> 
    >> #if NO_EXCEPTIONS #define try if (true) #define catch(x) if
    >> (false) #endif
    >> 
    >> This works because try and catch blocks are always enclosed in
    >> braces.

    Ross> Why bother with the "if (true)"? If you simply "#define try"
    Ross> (i.e. try
    -> empty string), the try block becomes a plain brace-enclosed
    -> block,
    Ross> which should DTRT.

Sure -- I was just matching the transformation Ben suggested the
compiler do.

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