Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 17:05:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: DJGPP AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: "Variable may be clobbered by longjmp"
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On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, A.Appleyard wrote:

> > That's why the exceptions were introduced into C++, right?
> 
>   What `exceptions' are these?

There is an exception mechanism in C++ that was designed to handle cases 
where you must longjmp from a code, but without forgetting all the C++ 
objects that live on the part of stack that you unwind.  For more info, 
read any C++ book.