From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 2181) id 553BB3858D1E; Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:17:02 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 553BB3858D1E DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gcc.gnu.org; s=default; t=1680607022; bh=acmcwoYtSvNY27cLFZisXusHAqs4F3OoYtD8vuYUMdI=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=sjO0c296zlSOhrIIKTn3lCIGn/z10j4clsk4+gkpSN2bXuq9Xz1xdLcg+zzvWi6G9 qFXjX5m5TZCLZEJ/d9t4gVMS0iKGpmg8fOQQlysPayoJgJEfJ6+Yhp2g9TKupjkSx2 qChUACHknYOtJstudEUrP17Pg3PF4hvVuJv2DeHY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Jonathan Wakely To: gcc-cvs@gcc.gnu.org, libstdc++-cvs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [gcc r13-6999] libstdc++: Fix outdated docs about demangling exception messages X-Act-Checkin: gcc X-Git-Author: Jonathan Wakely X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/master X-Git-Oldrev: 34574064412eca1af8494d240e3627c02ecaf823 X-Git-Newrev: 688d126b69215db29774c249b052e52d765782b3 Message-Id: <20230404111702.553BB3858D1E@sourceware.org> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 11:17:02 +0000 (GMT) List-Id: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:688d126b69215db29774c249b052e52d765782b3 commit r13-6999-g688d126b69215db29774c249b052e52d765782b3 Author: Jonathan Wakely Date: Tue Apr 4 12:04:14 2023 +0100 libstdc++: Fix outdated docs about demangling exception messages The string returned by std::bad_exception::what() hasn't been a mangled name since PR libstdc++/14493 was fixed for GCC 4.2.0, so remove the docs showing how to demangle it. libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog: * doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml: Remove std::bad_exception from example program. * doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html: Regenerate. Diff: --- libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html | 13 ++----------- libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml | 13 ++----------- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html index 879497f7d08..028ec71d8c8 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/ext_demangling.html @@ -39,14 +39,6 @@ int main() int status; char *realname; - // exception classes not in <stdexcept>, thrown by the implementation - // instead of the user - std::bad_exception e; - realname = abi::__cxa_demangle(e.what(), 0, 0, &status); - std::cout << e.what() << "\t=> " << realname << "\t: " << status << '\n'; - free(realname); - - // typeid bar<empty,17> u; const std::type_info &ti = typeid(u); @@ -61,13 +53,12 @@ int main() This prints

    
-      St13bad_exception       => std::bad_exception   : 0
       3barI5emptyLi17EE       => bar<empty, 17>       : 0
    
    

The demangler interface is described in the source documentation linked to above. It is actually written in C, so you don't need to be writing C++ in order to demangle C++. (That also means we have to - use crummy memory management facilities, so don't forget to free() - the returned char array.) + use crummy memory management facilities, so don't forget to + free() the returned char array.)

\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml index 86e92beffd3..196b55d8347 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml +++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/extensions.xml @@ -534,14 +534,6 @@ int main() int status; char *realname; - // exception classes not in <stdexcept>, thrown by the implementation - // instead of the user - std::bad_exception e; - realname = abi::__cxa_demangle(e.what(), 0, 0, &status); - std::cout << e.what() << "\t=> " << realname << "\t: " << status << '\n'; - free(realname); - - // typeid bar<empty,17> u; const std::type_info &ti = typeid(u); @@ -559,7 +551,6 @@ int main() - St13bad_exception => std::bad_exception : 0 3barI5emptyLi17EE => bar<empty, 17> : 0 @@ -568,8 +559,8 @@ int main() The demangler interface is described in the source documentation linked to above. It is actually written in C, so you don't need to be writing C++ in order to demangle C++. (That also means we have to - use crummy memory management facilities, so don't forget to free() - the returned char array.) + use crummy memory management facilities, so don't forget to + free() the returned char array.)