Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:43:12 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Wynand Van Staden <s9800973 AT student DOT rau DOT ac DOT za>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Wynand Van Staden wrote:

> I'm using gcc-2.8.1 as well as gpp-2.8.1

If you need exceptions support, upgrade to the latest GCC version.  
Version 2.8.1 didn't support them very well.

> what i read in some faq's was that exception handling wasn't 
> implemented fully in this version.  save for using '-fsjlj-exceptions'.  
> but supposedely this is a 'cruder' method of exception handling. what i'd 
> like to know if it will reduce performance or does it have any other 
> "side-effects" that i should be aware of.

-fsljlj-exceptions is dog slow.  In addition, the whole support for 
exceptions (and, indeed, for most C++ features) is not very good in 
versions of GCC before 2.9x.