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From: devitto AT s7604030 DOT ferndown DOT ate DOT slb DOT com (Dom De Vitto)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: how to use the exceptions with gcc 2.7.2
Date: 27 Feb 1996 12:02:33 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Feb 1996 06:44:17 Borysiak Gregory wrote:
: I tried to compile a C++ code source which uses the exceptions.
: I compile using the -fhandle-exceptions but when I tried to link
: the code, ld could not find the 'terminate' symbol.

: Did I do someone wrong ? Is the 'terminate' symbol missing in the 
: libraries ?

terminate is the function called when an exception is not caught by the 
application, and so you may be able to get round this by:

void terminate(/* whatever */)
{
fprintf(stderr,"Whoa! You didn't catch this exception boss.\n");
return;
}

Dom
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