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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:56:56 -0600
From: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>
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Roman Shaposhnick wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 02:16:10PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> 
>>actually, to repeat my serious question: waserror() and friends in user 
>>mode. Crazy, doable, or just plain bad idea?
> 
> 
>   Doable. But that'll give you a tool quite similar to the C++ exceptions
>   (although without the bonus of auto-destruction). What's your plan
>   for using this tool in libraries ?

I have no plans :-)

Just wondering.

auto-destruction: does it involve plastique or just gunpowder?

ron