C++, exceptions, SJLJ, Dwarf2
Farkas Levente
lfarkas at lfarkas.org
Mon Nov 10 21:09:08 UTC 2008
Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Anyone got any idea about this?
>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7cbjv/windows_cross_compiler_proposed_feature_for/c06ab3w
>
> One question, for C++ do you use SJLJ or Dwarf2 exceptions? I have
> switched the compiler to DW2 recently.
>
> Also, one pitfall that has hit us, and that you need to avoid, is the
> inability for C++ exceptions to cross DLL boundaries. You need to
> provide support for that from the ground up, before you get too loaded
> down with DLL's which can't support exceptions.
>
> Here [http://inkscape.modevia.com/] is the stuff we use daily. The
> compilers and "lib bundles" are located in win32libs.
from this description:
http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/
i prefer to still use sjlj as the default.
may be later can be include some kind of mechanism if build c++ dll to
build both sjlj and dwarf2 dll too eg. libx-sjlj.dll, libx-dw2.dll and a
libx.dll.a link to the default one.
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