Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: malyon AT netcom DOT com (Roland Acton)
Subject: Re: exceptions in djgpp incomplete
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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 00:34:58 GMT
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Jens Theisen (jth AT jth DOT ping DOT de) wrote:
: I have noticed that exception handling in djgpp isn't fully supported, at  
: least not in my version 2.7.2. Exceptions can only be caught as they are  
: thrown. No exception handler can catch a subclass from the class he wants  
: to have.
<SNIP>

  Exceptions are not fully implemented in GCC 2.7.2, and also have problems
that can cause crashes. Unless you're just experimenting, you shouldn't use
them. Everything should work right in 2.8.0, but I don't know when that's
going to be out.