Re: Issues with C++ exception handling in an FDW

On 31 January 2012 19:01, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>> I suggest that you generalise from the example of PLV8. The basic
>> problem is that the effect of longjmp()ing over an area of the stack
>> with a C++ non-POD type is undefined. I don't think you can even use
>> structs, as they have implicit destructors in C++.
> The PODness of a struct depends on its contents.

Right. If I was going to invest much effort in this sort of thing, I
might even write a static assertion that verified a given type's
POD-ness over time, by declaring it within a union...which would
work....unless you were using C++11. Or, just use std::is_pod to build
a static assertion.

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