Re: Exception handling overhead?

["Peter C. Chapin" <pcc482719@gmail.com>]

Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> wrote in news:9faab480-850c-
4ec5-b05e-8daec0301928@x5g2000yqk.googlegroups.com:

> GNAT provides two exception handling mechanisms: zero-cost and setjump/
> longjump. "Zero-cost" really means zero _distributed_ cost, i.e. you
> incur a cost only when raising an exception, as you describe. The
> older setjump/longjump mechanism costs some execution time and memory
> whether you raise exceptions or not. It is possible to select either
> mechanism when compiling your program.

Thanks! I'll check it out. It sounds interesting.

Peter