[cpp-threads] Slightly revised memory model proposal (D2300)

[Nick Maclaren]

"Alexander Terekhov" <alexander.terekhov at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > or SIGFPE) and SIGSEGV etc.
> 
> These are synchronous (not asynchronous) signals which C++
> implementations are free to translate to C++ exceptions. Don't get me
> started on std::unexpected() and C++ EH/ES, contact Dimov and/or
> Abrahams.

Yes and no.  They AREN'T always synchronous, in the absence of special
action (usually extra compiled code) to make them so.  Programming
handlers that are intended to throw C++-style exceptions when they
aren't fully synchronous is, er, interesting.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
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