Re: Catchpoint problems.

[Daniel Berlin <dan@cgsoftware.com>]

"Daniel Manfis" <dany_100@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hello.
> 
> Why when i use "catch throw" in C++ debugging session i get a
> warning: "Unsupported with this platform/compiler combination", and 
> thrown exception is not caught, though according to the info 
> documentation my platform/compiler combination are supported 
> (actually it is not mentioned at all that there is a 
> platforms/compilers for which that feature is not implemented, 
> from what i came to a conclusion that a feature is supported 
> universaly, because info manual mentions when a platform is *not* 
> supported, like in case with "catch exec", "catch fork" etc.).
>  
> Why when i use "catch catch" expression i get an error: "catch NAME 
> not implemented", though "catch catch" is a perfectly legal syntax 
> according to the manual.

This isn't implemented yet.

Except on HP aCC.

It's on my todo list, i implemented support for it for GCC once
already, a while ago.


> 
> 
> I use the following hardware/software:
> 
> Pentium 166, 32RAM
> linux  : Mandrake 7.2 (kernel 2.2.17-24mkd)
> gcc    : 3.0, snapshot 20010423
> gdb    : snapshot 20010522
> 
> 
> code example:
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> class A {};
> 
> int main()
> {
> 	throw A() ;
> }
> ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> 
> Daniel.
> 
> 
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