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From: Francis Glassborow <francis@robinton.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Does throw() help compilers optimize?
Date: 1998/09/22
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In article <199809220222.WAA09741@kauai.newjersey.sco.com>, Jonathan
Schilling <jls@sco.com> writes
>So I think the bottom line is: adding throw()'s can help with some
>applications, but make sure your compiler is optimizing based on
>them first.

Thanks for the info.  I think that we need to have a major campaign with
implementors to support throw() optimisations because without it we have
a serious problem in writing efficient portable code.

Francis Glassborow      Chair of Association of C & C++ Users
64 Southfield Rd
Oxford OX4 1PA          +44(0)1865 246490
All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation


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