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A practical example of this is libpng: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng-1.2.5-manual.html http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng-1.2.5-manual.html
by pagekalisedown 15y ago
A practical example of this is libpng:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng-1.2.5-manual.html http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng-1.2.5-manual.html
- wulczer 15y agoPostgreSQL also uses longjmp to implement TRY/CATCH macros: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/include/utils/elog.h#L231 https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/include...
- teraflop 15y agoI wouldn't go so far as to call that "practical." It's a cute trick, but it becomes really annoying when trying to write libpng bindings for any environment other than plain C.
- hp 15y agoas someone who has used libpng I'd describe it as an example of why this is a terrible idea.