[llvm-commits] [patch] ExceptionDemo patch for review

[Garrison Venn]

Is this ok to check in?

Garrison

On Feb 3, 2010, at 16:33, Garrison Venn wrote:

> The attached patch will add a JIT based exception handling example to the examples directory. Both zero cost 
> example specific, and C++ foreign exception handling is demoed. The example's documentation fully explains how 
> to run the example.
> 
> Caveats:
> 
> 1)   The example uses an extremely simple type info model.
> 2)   Only a single landing pad is used (one call to llvm.eh.selector)
> 3)   llvm.eh.selector support for filter arguments is not given.
> 4)   llvm.eh.typeid.for is not used.
> 5)   Forced unwind behavior is not supported.
> 6)   The code is written in a C style utilizing C++ APIs, and syntax. The LLVM’s C interface is NOT used,
>       but statics, fprintf, and an inconsistent mixture of C and C++ casting are all utilized.
> 7)   Pedantic, redundant, and inconsistent forcing of precedence exists in the code.
> 8)   Very little if any error handling is given.
> 9)   The example is currently intended for a UNIX C++ developer audience who is familiar with LLVM’s IR classes.
> 10) __attribute__((__aligned__)) is used.
> 11) The example has not been ported to WINDOWS.
> 12) The patch was tested for a debug build on 32bit X86 CentOS LINUX, and both a debug and release build 
>       on OS X 10.6.2 (64bit).
> 13) This version conforms to the latest mainline (2.7).
> 
> Thanks in advance for any review comments.
> 
> Garrison
> 
> <ExceptionDemo.patch>

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