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Subject:	Re: (g++) program crashes when I throw an exception in a separate thread
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>> I'm using g++ (GCC) version 3.4.4 from the cygwin installer, and 
>> I've run in to
>> this very confusing problem. I'm compiling with the -mno-cygwin option
> [...]
>> The problem I have is that when I launch a separate thread, and then 
>> throw an
>> exception in that separate thread, my program will crash... even if I catch
>> that exception.
>
> Are you compiling with '-mthreads'?
>

I was not, in fact. Of course the first results in Google for "MinGW
'-mthreads'" is: "always use -mthreads when using threads under MinGW. I just
spent hours using gdb instead of -mthreads." I will give that a try and report
back to the list for the benefit of posterity.

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