Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] [Re]move w32api/include/excpt.h

[Earnie B. <ear...@ya...>]

--- Danny Smith <dan...@ya...> wrote:
> The w32api and mingw-runtime each conatin a file called excpt.h
> The one in the w32api just defines  __try, __except, __finally as
> no-ops and lets some code "at least" compile.  I would like to get rid of
> that
> file, so mingw has only one excpt.h and we don't have the perennial problem
> of one overwriting the other, depending on order of installation.
> 
> This patch puts the no-op defines in windef.h, so that they are still
> available to cygwin users of w32api and to mingw.  Alternative option
> is to put them in the mingw-runtime version of excpt.h and thus remove
> them from cygwin.
> 

I think this is a good compromise.

> I think they should go in the rubbish, but others may like to have code
> that compiles and links fine and then crashes at runtime.  
> 

Me too, so I think your __SEH_NOOP should be implemented.  That way the analyst
can decide.

> No, I don't mean to stir up a long debate over this, I just want to get rid
> of
> the file somehow.  
> 

I'm glad you have.  On a side note, have you looked at the SEH patch that was
on the mingw-users list a month or so ago?  I put it on my round tuit list but
that's a deep stack.

Earnie.

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