Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, James Mansion <james(at)mansionfamily(dot)plus(dot)com>, Kurt Harriman <harriman(at)acm(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless: Welcoming our C++ friends
Date: 2008-12-08 07:17:56
Message-ID: 493CCA24.1080607@gmx.net
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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> The most serious problem AFAIK is that we use setjmp/longjmp, which I
> understand does not play at all nicely with C++ exceptions.

Considering the complexity of the code and how it at times stretches the
C standard to the point of cheating, I think anyone's three-item list of
major problems is going to be much too short.

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