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Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 19:17:34 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: exceptions
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In-Reply-To: <021a01c0b0cb$42253c00$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:20:38AM +1100

On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 10:20:38AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>are we able to use c++ exception handling within cygwin1.dll?

No, not currently.  I don't remember if this doesn't work in DLLs
or if it bloated the code alarmingly.

>ie to guard against invalid memory access on user supplied parameters?

check_null_empty_path is the method for doing that.  It validates an
address.  Probably should change the name...

cgf