Problem with linker with binutils-040414

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: binutils-owner On Behalf Of Nick Clifton
> Sent: 19 April 2004 14:21

> Hi Guys,
> 
>  > The [BFD] library should never abort
> 
> Alan Modra wrote:
> 
> >>Yes, and gcc should never ICE.  The situation is the same, I think.
> >>    
> >>
> Similar, but
>   a) GCC handles its ICEs more gracefully than does BFD.  
> (Well unless 
> we improve BFD).
>   b) GCC is not a library, it is an entire application.  It 
> is able to 
> detect and handle is internal errors in an entirely consistent manner.
> 
> BFD is a library, and it should not dictate error handling 
> policy to its 
> users.  Imagine if GCC used the BFD library but could not 
> generate its 
> ICE messages because the BFD library aborted before giving GCC the 
> chance to intervene.
> 
> Cheers
>   Nick
> 


  Maybe what bfd really needs is an abstracted exception handling mechanism,
that defaults to calling abort, but that bfd-exception-aware applications
can override to attempt to deal with in their own fashion (even if that's
just issuing a gcc-style ICE message and aborting).



    cheers, 
      DaveK
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