[c++-pthreads] C++ and posix threads

[Richard Henderson]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:07:47AM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> 	- never result in a thread cancellation request being ignored

Along similar lines, it might be worth considering if longjmp_unwind
(a function mentioned, for instance, in the ia64 eh abi), is even
implementable.  My guess is that it isn't, simply because it's too
easy for a handler to abort the unwinding.

[ Rant about C++ programmers failing to distinguish between catch-all
  and cleanups elided.  ]


r~