Re: [c++-pthreads] Does the cancelation exception have a name?

[Jason Merrill <jason@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> > The latest state I know of for this question is here:
> >  http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28145
>
> Follow-up question:
>
> Is it possible (and desirable) to give different names to the two 
> "exceptions" resulting from pthread_cancel and pthread_exit?

It's not trivial, the information my implementation checks only 
identifies forced unwind, but I don't see any reason it shouldn't be 
possible by putting the extra information somewhere.  It certainly seems 
desirable.

Jason