This isn't approriate for gcc@xxxxxxxxxxx, which is about gcc development. I'm replying to gcc-help. Sunzir Deepur writes: > I have noticed that glibc has extensive use of the _Unwind_Resume procedure > (from libgcc_eh.a) but I have failed to understand it (no luck with > the onlinedocs: > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Exception-handling-routines.html#Exception-handling-routines). > > Can anyone please explain me what is it ? why is it needed for C programs It's needed for pthread_cancel. > (I understand it is related to exception handling ?) ? It resumes unwinding after a cleanup. http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi-eh.html http://www.mit.edu/~sipb-iap/2004/inside-c/day3/exceptions.html Andrew.
