Re: exception trap in key snooper callback

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Aug 23, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Torsten Schoenfeld wrote:

> We could add gperl_callback_invoke_trapped() which would trap  
> exceptions and
> invoke the registered exception handlers if an exception occurred.

In the vein of "less chance of screwing it up by rolling your own," i  
would go for that.


> The question then is whether changing the mentioned callbacks to be  
> invoked by
> gperl_callback_invoke_trapped() is backwards compatible.  Is someone  
> relying on
> exceptions in those callbacks aborting the main loop?

As that would tend to lead to a crash, i should think not.


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