Jack Howarth wrote: > Andrew, > FYI, I did file a bugzilla report on this issue... >> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35689 >> ...and Andrew Pinksi declared the usage of c++ i/o > in pdftk.cc, while using java exceptions, as invalid. > Shouldn't http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html > mention this new strictness in g++ of 4.3.x? > Also, were any of the java developers aware of > this change? It would have been nice if this > could have been a warning in the 4.3.x releases > to give developers time to adjust. > Jack > As far as I know the mixing of C++ and java exceptions has never been supported: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcj/Exception-Handling.html That it used to compile in the past is unfortunate, but I don't think it could have ever been considered 'correct' code. David Daney.