[aspectc-user] Re: Improved support for C++ exceptions?

[Stefan Marr]

On 21 Nov 2011, at 18:36, Markus Elfring wrote:

>> The default compiler settings for Puma/AspectC++ contain
>> "-fno-rtti -fno-exceptions".
> 
> I am surprised that such C++ features are switched off for the build of your current software. Would you like to depend on the error handling strategy "crash-only software" forever?

Why so aggressive?
Some people around here use it to build embedded software or virtual machines.

While HotSpot is not a good example, it does not use C++ exceptions either.

Not that our stuff is high performant, but we just don't need exceptions.
The VM code is 'stable', exceptions are handled on that language level.

And if I look at LuaJIT2, I would say, it is also not worth the headaches to support C++ exceptions in a VM.

So, I would prefer if -fno-exceptions and -fno-rtti remain at least an option.

Thanks
Stefan


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash-only_software
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6049563/with-fno-exceptions-what-happens-with-new-t
> 
> Regards,
> Markus
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