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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/defs.h | 15 |
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diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 818d8eb..3d5e564 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-11-19 Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com> + + * defs.h (return_to_top_level): Comment. + Mon Nov 19 14:58:52 2001 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> * remote.c (remote_open_1, remote_async_open_1): Use ISO C string @@ -1112,6 +1112,21 @@ enum return_reason #define RETURN_MASK_ALL (RETURN_MASK_QUIT | RETURN_MASK_ERROR) typedef int return_mask; +/* Throw an exception of type RETURN_REASON. Will execute a LONG JUMP + to the inner most containing exception handler (established using + catch_exceptions() or the legacy catch_errors()). + + Useful when a section of code that caught an exception finds it + needs to repropagate that exception up the call chain. + + The name return_to_top_level() dates back to a time when GDB had + only one exception handler installed at the top level. This really + did return to the top level. The name should probably be changed. + + NOTE: Some sections of code are using error_begin() in conjunction + with return_to_top_level() to throw the initial exception. That + code should, instead, use either error() or error_string(). */ + extern NORETURN void return_to_top_level (enum return_reason) ATTR_NORETURN; /* Call FUNC(UIOUT, FUNC_ARGS) but wrapped within an exception |