Re: [Powertop] [PATCH 1/2] Updates to support Android platform

Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky at gmail.com> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:11:54 +0300
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On (09/18/12 11:28), Rajagopal Venkat wrote:
> >> >
> >> Android doesn't support C++ exception handling. Here is the Android of=
ficial
> >> answer [1]. This is the reason for having DISABLE_TRYCATCH macro in
> >> powertop code which were removed in recent commit.
> >>
> >> [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=3D#!topic/android-ndk/=
idtn7R-_ZFA
> >
> > That reference is two years old and it ends with a note that they will
> > try to enable exception handling for user space programs. Have anything
> > happened on that part in these last two years?
> =

> I don't think it is yet there. Here is another reference[2],
> "Android does not yet support C++ exceptions".
> =

> [2] http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/jni.html
> =


so... we endup in need to support non-POSIX C runtime and non-ISO C++.


	-ss

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