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pilif on March 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Real cost of C++ exception vs error-code checking

Symbian uses their own kind-of-exceptions (called TRAP, I think) and I've heard that decision to not use C++ exception was funded on binary size constraints.

cpeterso on March 9, 2011 [–]

Symbian LEAVEs and TRAPs predate C++ exceptions. Symbian/EPOC is old! :)

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