RFC: Non-indirect-dispatch and failed loading of classes

Thu Sep 8 17:26:00 GMT 2005

>> We do get an error, but it's not a fatal error and we die
>> later trying to lay out this class:

Andrew> OK, I see. The traditional way to fix things is to use
Andrew> error_mark_node, but it leads to uglified code with checks everywhere.
Andrew> I'm not sure how best to fix this one, but I'd try leaving
Andrew> layout_class_methods early, and if that doesn't work terminating the
Andrew> compilation.
There are a few bugs in bugzilla where we emit an error and then
proceed to crash or hang or something. The circular hierarchy bug
comes to mind.
Tom