Joel C. Salomon wrote: > Nicolay Korslund wrote: >> The exception problem and C could be sidestepped altogether by compiling to >> C++ instead of pure C. All the major console SDKs at least will compile C++. >> This doesn't mean we would need to use any more C++ features like classes or >> templates, the result could be pretty much "C with exceptions". An added >> benefit would be automatic eh compatibility with existing C++ code, on all >> platforms. > > Is the D exception system not expressible in C? I’d much rather not see > a greater dependency on C++ than already exists. > > —Joel Salomon
You might be able to do it with setjmp/longjmp, but it'd probably be horrible. This isn't a dependency on C++; it's just that C++ has exceptions and C doesn't. The only dependency D has on C++ is that the front end is written in it. Hopefully someone will come along and fix that one day. :) -- Daniel
