[PATCH] D145564: [clang][docs] Clarify the semantics of -fexceptions

[Alex Bradbury via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

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As noted in #6126 <https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/61216> the documentation for `-fexceptions` appears to imply that unwind information is always generated, which isn't the case.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D145564

Files:
  clang/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst


Index: clang/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
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--- clang/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
+++ clang/docs/CommandGuide/clang.rst
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@
 
 .. option:: -fexceptions
 
-  Enable generation of unwind information. This allows exceptions to be thrown
-  through Clang compiled stack frames.  This is on by default in x86-64.
+  Enable generation of unwind information for functions that might have an
+  exception through through them. This is on by default in x86-64.
 
 .. option:: -ftrapv
 


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