Finding the type of an exception

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:21:42 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
> 
>   http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi.html
>   http://www.codesourcery.com/cxx-abi/abi-eh.html
> 
> The object you've got there is a __cxa_exception, if I'm remembering
> how this works right.  If so then the first pointer is going to be to a
> type_info.

Perhaps someone experienced in this kind of stuff could write a few
tips for the manual about debugging C++ exceptions.