On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Andrew Pinski wrote: | > | > On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 07:21:03PM -0400, Andrew Pinski wrote: | > > > while looking into a recent mismatch between GCC-4.x and a C dialect | > > > EH implemented as setjmp/longjmp, I recalled there was a talk about | > > > extending GNU C with __try/__finally construct: | > > > | > > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-11/msg00239.html | > > > | > > > What happened to that project? Is it dead for good? | > > | > > Doesn't the cleanup attribute to a variable do close to the same thing? | > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Attributes.html | > | > It's not a replacement, because a finally clause, like a C++ catch
that is my sentiment as well. | > clause, has access to any automatic variable in scope. You can only | > pass one argument to a cleanup function, so to port a program that | > uses try/finally could require a major rewrite. | | Nested functions come in handy here really. I welcome suggestions that do not require major rewrites. The compiler already has dependencies on GNU C, so GNUism is not a problem. However, simplicity of the work-arouond is premium. Thanks, -- Gaby
