On Apr 14, 2012, at 3:57 AM, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote: > On 2012-04-13 23:16, Sean Kelly wrote: >> On Apr 13, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Jacob Carlborg<d...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2012-04-13 17:26, Sean Kelly wrote: >>>> Because no one used it. Sounds like I may need to un-deprecate it for >>>> 2.060. >>> >>> Yes, please. There are now several people that want to use it. But does the >>> compiler handles this correctly? I think you previously mentioned something >>> about this. >> >> DMD requires that you throw from the assert handler (at least when you >> compile with the -release flag or similar). That limitation is the other >> reason I deprecated the assert handler, but I imagine there are plenty of >> uses for it that exit with a throw. > > Can I throw anything? A catchable exception ?
Yes. The issue is simply that DMD doesn't generate a call stack compatible with returning via any means but throwing. But you can throw anything you want.
