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Re:Current hardware trends make C++ exceptions harder to jus... by gpderetta on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @03:51PM (#30433572)
It would. On the other hand multiprocessing with explicitly shared memory could be a fast (but potentially painful) workaround.
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Re:Current hardware trends make C++ exceptions harder to jus... by CyberDildonics on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:04PM (#30433758)
That could make sense for processes, which would also get around the exception unwind lock, but I don't know how that would work with every thread moved into a separate VM.
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Re:Current hardware trends make C++ exceptions harder to jus... by gpderetta on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:06PM (#30433797)
Of course. Using VMs here would very deep into overengineering territory.
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