[LLVMdev] "LLVM powered Mono"

[Zoltan Varga]

Hi,

  mono implements its own exception handling mostly for historical reasons,
and for
compatibility with ms.net (as ms.net exception handling is based on windows
seh, and I'm
not sure the linux c++ abi can implement all .net exception handling
features like filter
clauses). So to make this work with llvm, we would have to throw out mono's
current
exception handling system, which we are not keen to do.

                        Zoltan

2009/7/17 Yanko Hernández <yhdezalvarez at gmail.com>

> Sorry for being a newbie on the matter, but could someone explain the
> comment (in response to: "Considering it [LLVM] supports three other
> languages with try/catch clauses just fine (C++, Ada, and now, Java),
> I think it would be incorrect to say "it is not able to support some
> of the features"."):
> ------------------------------
> The issue is that the exception handling as implemented by LLVM
> implements the C++ ABI which is different from Mono's exception
> handling.
>
> It does not seem like this will change anytime soon.
> ------------------------------
>
> Is llvm exception handing general enough to support mono? Is there any
> drawbacks to use llvm exception handling instead of mono's?
>
> On Jul 17, 3:08 am, "Paul Melis" <l... at assumetheposition.nl> wrote:
> > Looks like LLVM support in Mono has matured to the point they're willing
> > to advertise it:
> >
> > http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Jul-16.html
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > PS Zoltan, sorry if I stole your opportunity to break the news :)
> >
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