Re: [AD] Exception Support for Allegro

[Jon Rafkind <workmin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris wrote:

> On Tuesday 04 October 2005 01:14 am, Serge Semashko wrote:
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> > Exceptions are C++, allegro is C, so I don't think it is a good idea.
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> Why not? People use Allegro with C++, people use C++ callbacks, but they can't 
> throw exceptions from callbacks without the switch. As I understand the 
> manual, it doesn't sacrifice any speed so the only things you get by not 
> using it are a few saved bytes and users who can't throw C++ exceptions from 
> callbacks.
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Do all the compilers Allegro currently supports support exceptions in C 
as well? Would all the exception throwing have to be wrapped around an 
#ifdef/endif clause?