Basile STARYNKEVITCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems to me that setjmp & longjmp are (almost) never used inside the > compiler but I don't understand why it is so. > > It is quite standard since a long time, and I don't understand why it should > be avoided (as some old Changelog suggest). > > gcc/doc/trouble.texi gives some hints about setjmp/longjmp but I don't > understand them as a requirement to not use it. > > I'm probably misunderstanding something, could seom expert enlightezn me?
I, in turn, am probably misunderstanding something. Why should the compiler use setjmp and longjmp? I don't see any problem with using them in the compiler if they are useful, but I don't know of any place where they would be useful. The notes in doc/trouble.texi are concerned with code being compiled with the compiler, not with the compiler itself. Ian
