[CLN-list] Overriding read_number_bad_syntax on OS X

[Ron Garret]

On May 12, 2007, at 5:48 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:

> Shared libraries in ELF (like on Linux) and shared libraries on  
> MacOS X
> work differently.

[snip]

Thanks!


>
>> BTW, is there a reason that the default behavior is to quit rather
>> than throw an exception?
>
> When CLN was written, exceptions were not a mature specification nor
> technology: rethrowing an exception was undefined behaviour, and
> g++ created huge code when used without "-fno-exceptions". This has  
> probably
> changed meanwhile...

OK, but why hard-code a call to exit instead of (say) a user- 
specifiable callback or something like that?

Is cln still being actively maintained?  Can I submit a patch?

rg