Mingw build using dwarf2 exceptions?!!!

[geneing]

I installed Qt 4.6.3 libraries (mingw build) from Qt web site.

As I understand they are compiled to use dwarf 2 exceptions instead of sjlj exceptions. However, dwarf 2 exceptions are not portable under windows. Will the exception mechanism be changed in the future releases?

[Franzk]

Qt has no direct influence on that. The choice of throwing dwarf exceptions is made at MinGW:

From their "release notes":http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=691876
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4. NEW FEATURES SINCE MINGW GCC 3.4

Windows-specific:--

[...]

• Zero cost exceptions: New exception model Dwarf only has performance penalty when being thrown. The old model, SJLJ, is no longer available.
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