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libstdc++: Add comment to nothrow new explaining catch (...)

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The decision to not rethrow a __forced_unwind exception is deliberate,
so add a comment explaining it.

libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:

	* libsupc++/new_opnt.cc (new): Add comment about forced unwind
	exceptions.
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Jonathan Wakely 2020-10-28 13:19:21 +00:00
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@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
#include <bits/exception_defines.h>
#include "new"
using std::new_handler;
using std::bad_alloc;
extern "C" void *malloc (std::size_t);
_GLIBCXX_WEAK_DEFINITION void *
@ -43,6 +40,13 @@ operator new (std::size_t sz, const std::nothrow_t&) noexcept
}
__catch (...)
{
// N.B. catch (...) means the process will terminate if operator new(sz)
// exits with a __forced_unwind exception. The process will print
// "FATAL: exception not rethrown" to stderr before exiting.
//
// If we propagated that exception the process would still terminate
// (because this function is noexcept) but with a less informative error:
// "terminate called without active exception".
return nullptr;
}
}