> A while ago I read a thread on dot.kde.org > (http://dot.kde.org/971098890/971103495/971105912/971161255), stating that > in order to obtain good performance with KDE2 one had to compile qt with > the option -fno-exception added to the CXXFLAGS. And then there was > someone stating that this would essentially disable error handling - maybe > not a good idea. Do KDE2 applications or libraries use exceptions? > > I didn't find an answer to this on the various mailing lists and was > wondering how Ivan's Potato packages were built. If they are built without > -fno-exceptions, should I consider recompiling my own, given the "huge > performance boost" people were talking about? What do I risk? > The thread I cited is _old_ (before KDE2.0 final). Maybe all of this isn't > an issue anymore?
QT packages (both potato and woody) are compiled without exceptions. I started doing this when it was first suggested (came across the KDE packagers mailing list). Ivan -- ---------------- Ivan E. Moore II [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://snowcrash.tdyc.com GPG KeyID=90BCE0DD GPG Fingerprint=F2FC 69FD 0DA0 4FB8 225E 27B6 7645 8141 90BC E0DD
