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2 -- --
3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
4 -- --
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26 -- --
27 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
28 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
29 -- --
30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 -- This is the version using the GCC EH mechanism
34 with Ada.Unchecked_Conversion;
35 with Ada.Unchecked_Deallocation;
37 with System.Storage_Elements; use System.Storage_Elements;
39 separate (Ada.Exceptions)
40 package body Exception_Propagation is
42 ------------------------------------------------
43 -- Entities to interface with the GCC runtime --
44 ------------------------------------------------
46 -- These come from "C++ ABI for Itanium: Exception handling", which is
47 -- the reference for GCC. They are used only when we are relying on
48 -- back-end tables for exception propagation, which in turn is currently
49 -- only the case for Zero_Cost_Exceptions in GNAT5.
51 -- Return codes from the GCC runtime functions used to propagate
52 -- an exception.
54 type Unwind_Reason_Code is
55 (URC_NO_REASON,
56 URC_FOREIGN_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT,
57 URC_PHASE2_ERROR,
58 URC_PHASE1_ERROR,
59 URC_NORMAL_STOP,
60 URC_END_OF_STACK,
61 URC_HANDLER_FOUND,
62 URC_INSTALL_CONTEXT,
63 URC_CONTINUE_UNWIND);
65 pragma Unreferenced
66 (URC_FOREIGN_EXCEPTION_CAUGHT,
67 URC_PHASE2_ERROR,
68 URC_PHASE1_ERROR,
69 URC_NORMAL_STOP,
70 URC_END_OF_STACK,
71 URC_HANDLER_FOUND,
72 URC_INSTALL_CONTEXT,
73 URC_CONTINUE_UNWIND);
75 pragma Convention (C, Unwind_Reason_Code);
77 -- Phase identifiers
79 type Unwind_Action is
80 (UA_SEARCH_PHASE,
81 UA_CLEANUP_PHASE,
82 UA_HANDLER_FRAME,
83 UA_FORCE_UNWIND);
85 for Unwind_Action use
86 (UA_SEARCH_PHASE => 1,
87 UA_CLEANUP_PHASE => 2,
88 UA_HANDLER_FRAME => 4,
89 UA_FORCE_UNWIND => 8);
91 pragma Convention (C, Unwind_Action);
93 -- Mandatory common header for any exception object handled by the
94 -- GCC unwinding runtime.
96 type Exception_Class is mod 2 ** 64;
98 GNAT_Exception_Class : constant Exception_Class := 16#474e552d41646100#;
99 -- "GNU-Ada\0"
101 type Unwind_Word is mod 2 ** System.Word_Size;
102 for Unwind_Word'Size use System.Word_Size;
103 -- Map the corresponding C type used in Unwind_Exception below
105 type Unwind_Exception is record
106 Class : Exception_Class := GNAT_Exception_Class;
107 Cleanup : System.Address := System.Null_Address;
108 Private1 : Unwind_Word;
109 Private2 : Unwind_Word;
110 end record;
111 -- Map the GCC struct used for exception handling
113 for Unwind_Exception'Alignment use Standard'Maximum_Alignment;
114 -- The C++ ABI mandates the common exception header to be at least
115 -- doubleword aligned, and the libGCC implementation actually makes it
116 -- maximally aligned (see unwind.h). See additional comments on the
117 -- alignment below.
119 --------------------------------------------------------------
120 -- GNAT Specific Entities To Deal With The GCC EH Circuitry --
121 --------------------------------------------------------------
123 -- A GNAT exception object to be dealt with by the personality routine
124 -- called by the GCC unwinding runtime.
126 type GNAT_GCC_Exception is record
127 Header : Unwind_Exception;
128 -- ABI Exception header first
130 Id : Exception_Id;
131 -- GNAT Exception identifier. This is filled by Propagate_Exception
132 -- and then used by the personality routine to determine if the context
133 -- it examines contains a handler for the exception being propagated.
135 N_Cleanups_To_Trigger : Integer;
136 -- Number of cleanup only frames encountered in SEARCH phase. This is
137 -- initialized to 0 by Propagate_Exception and maintained by the
138 -- personality routine to control a forced unwinding phase triggering
139 -- all the cleanups before calling Unhandled_Exception_Terminate when
140 -- an exception is not handled.
142 Next_Exception : EOA;
143 -- Used to create a linked list of exception occurrences
144 end record;
146 pragma Convention (C, GNAT_GCC_Exception);
148 -- There is a subtle issue with the common header alignment, since the C
149 -- version is aligned on BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT, the Ada version is aligned on
150 -- Standard'Maximum_Alignment, and those two values don't quite represent
151 -- the same concepts and so may be decoupled someday. One typical reason
152 -- is that BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT may be larger than what the underlying system
153 -- allocator guarantees, and there are extra costs involved in allocating
154 -- objects aligned to such factors.
156 -- To deal with the potential alignment differences between the C and Ada
157 -- representations, the Ada part of the whole structure is only accessed
158 -- by the personality routine through the accessors declared below. Ada
159 -- specific fields are thus always accessed through consistent layout, and
160 -- we expect the actual alignment to always be large enough to avoid traps
161 -- from the C accesses to the common header. Besides, accessors alleviate
162 -- the need for a C struct whole counterpart, both painful and error-prone
163 -- to maintain anyway.
165 type GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access is access all GNAT_GCC_Exception;
167 function To_GNAT_GCC_Exception is new
168 Unchecked_Conversion (System.Address, GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access);
170 procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation
171 (GNAT_GCC_Exception, GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access);
173 procedure Free is new Unchecked_Deallocation
174 (Exception_Occurrence, EOA);
176 function CleanupUnwind_Handler
177 (UW_Version : Integer;
178 UW_Phases : Unwind_Action;
179 UW_Eclass : Exception_Class;
180 UW_Exception : not null access GNAT_GCC_Exception;
181 UW_Context : System.Address;
182 UW_Argument : System.Address) return Unwind_Reason_Code;
183 -- Hook called at each step of the forced unwinding we perform to
184 -- trigger cleanups found during the propagation of an unhandled
185 -- exception.
187 -- GCC runtime functions used. These are C non-void functions, actually,
188 -- but we ignore the return values. See raise.c as to why we are using
189 -- __gnat stubs for these.
191 procedure Unwind_RaiseException
192 (UW_Exception : not null access GNAT_GCC_Exception);
193 pragma Import (C, Unwind_RaiseException, "__gnat_Unwind_RaiseException");
195 procedure Unwind_ForcedUnwind
196 (UW_Exception : not null access GNAT_GCC_Exception;
197 UW_Handler : System.Address;
198 UW_Argument : System.Address);
199 pragma Import (C, Unwind_ForcedUnwind, "__gnat_Unwind_ForcedUnwind");
201 ------------------------------------------------------------------
202 -- Occurrence Stack Management Facilities for the GCC-EH Scheme --
203 ------------------------------------------------------------------
205 function Remove
206 (Top : EOA;
207 Excep : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access) return Boolean;
208 -- Remove Excep from the stack starting at Top.
209 -- Return True if Excep was found and removed, false otherwise.
211 -- Hooks called when entering/leaving an exception handler for a given
212 -- occurrence, aimed at handling the stack of active occurrences. The
213 -- calls are generated by gigi in tree_transform/N_Exception_Handler.
215 procedure Begin_Handler (GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access);
216 pragma Export (C, Begin_Handler, "__gnat_begin_handler");
218 procedure End_Handler (GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access);
219 pragma Export (C, End_Handler, "__gnat_end_handler");
221 Setup_Key : constant := 16#DEAD#;
222 -- To handle the case of a task "transferring" an exception occurrence to
223 -- another task, for instance via Exceptional_Complete_Rendezvous, we need
224 -- to be able to identify occurrences which have been Setup and not yet
225 -- Propagated. We hijack one of the common header fields for that purpose,
226 -- setting it to a special key value during the setup process, clearing it
227 -- at the very beginning of the propagation phase, and expecting it never
228 -- to be reset to the special value later on. A 16-bit value is used rather
229 -- than a 32-bit value for static compatibility with 16-bit targets such as
230 -- AAMP (where type Unwind_Word will be 16 bits).
232 function Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA) return Boolean;
234 procedure Set_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA);
235 procedure Clear_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA);
237 procedure Save_Occurrence_And_Private
238 (Target : out Exception_Occurrence;
239 Source : Exception_Occurrence);
240 -- Copy all the components of Source to Target as well as the
241 -- Private_Data pointer.
243 --------------------------------------------------------------------
244 -- Accessors to Basic Components of a GNAT Exception Data Pointer --
245 --------------------------------------------------------------------
247 -- As of today, these are only used by the C implementation of the GCC
248 -- propagation personality routine to avoid having to rely on a C
249 -- counterpart of the whole exception_data structure, which is both
250 -- painful and error prone. These subprograms could be moved to a more
251 -- widely visible location if need be.
253 function Is_Handled_By_Others (E : Exception_Data_Ptr) return Boolean;
254 pragma Export (C, Is_Handled_By_Others, "__gnat_is_handled_by_others");
255 pragma Warnings (Off, Is_Handled_By_Others);
257 function Language_For (E : Exception_Data_Ptr) return Character;
258 pragma Export (C, Language_For, "__gnat_language_for");
260 function Import_Code_For (E : Exception_Data_Ptr) return Exception_Code;
261 pragma Export (C, Import_Code_For, "__gnat_import_code_for");
263 function EID_For (GNAT_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access)
264 return Exception_Id;
265 pragma Export (C, EID_For, "__gnat_eid_for");
267 procedure Adjust_N_Cleanups_For
268 (GNAT_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access;
269 Adjustment : Integer);
270 pragma Export (C, Adjust_N_Cleanups_For, "__gnat_adjust_n_cleanups_for");
272 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
273 -- Objects to materialize "others" and "all others" in the GCC EH tables --
274 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
276 -- Currently, these only have their address taken and compared so there is
277 -- no real point having whole exception data blocks allocated. In any case
278 -- the types should match what gigi and the personality routine expect.
279 -- The initial value is an arbitrary value that will not exceed the range
280 -- of Integer on 16-bit targets (such as AAMP).
282 Others_Value : constant Integer := 16#7FFF#;
283 pragma Export (C, Others_Value, "__gnat_others_value");
285 All_Others_Value : constant Integer := 16#7FFF#;
286 pragma Export (C, All_Others_Value, "__gnat_all_others_value");
288 ------------
289 -- Remove --
290 ------------
292 function Remove
293 (Top : EOA;
294 Excep : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access) return Boolean
296 Prev : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access := null;
297 Iter : EOA := Top;
298 GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access;
300 begin
301 -- Pop stack
303 loop
304 pragma Assert (Iter.Private_Data /= System.Null_Address);
306 GCC_Exception := To_GNAT_GCC_Exception (Iter.Private_Data);
308 if GCC_Exception = Excep then
309 if Prev = null then
311 -- Special case for the top of the stack: shift the contents
312 -- of the next item to the top, since top is at a fixed
313 -- location and can't be changed.
315 Iter := GCC_Exception.Next_Exception;
317 if Iter = null then
319 -- Stack is now empty
321 Top.Private_Data := System.Null_Address;
323 else
324 Save_Occurrence_And_Private (Top.all, Iter.all);
325 Free (Iter);
326 end if;
328 else
329 Prev.Next_Exception := GCC_Exception.Next_Exception;
330 Free (Iter);
331 end if;
333 Free (GCC_Exception);
335 return True;
336 end if;
338 exit when GCC_Exception.Next_Exception = null;
340 Prev := GCC_Exception;
341 Iter := GCC_Exception.Next_Exception;
342 end loop;
344 return False;
345 end Remove;
347 ---------------------------
348 -- CleanupUnwind_Handler --
349 ---------------------------
351 function CleanupUnwind_Handler
352 (UW_Version : Integer;
353 UW_Phases : Unwind_Action;
354 UW_Eclass : Exception_Class;
355 UW_Exception : not null access GNAT_GCC_Exception;
356 UW_Context : System.Address;
357 UW_Argument : System.Address) return Unwind_Reason_Code
359 pragma Unreferenced
360 (UW_Version, UW_Phases, UW_Eclass, UW_Context, UW_Argument);
362 begin
363 -- Terminate as soon as we know there is nothing more to run. The
364 -- count is maintained by the personality routine.
366 if UW_Exception.N_Cleanups_To_Trigger = 0 then
367 Unhandled_Exception_Terminate;
368 end if;
370 -- We know there is at least one cleanup further up. Return so that it
371 -- is searched and entered, after which Unwind_Resume will be called
372 -- and this hook will gain control (with an updated count) again.
374 return URC_NO_REASON;
375 end CleanupUnwind_Handler;
377 ---------------------------------
378 -- Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated --
379 ---------------------------------
381 function Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA) return Boolean is
382 GCC_E : constant GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access :=
383 To_GNAT_GCC_Exception (E.Private_Data);
384 begin
385 return GCC_E /= null and then GCC_E.Header.Private1 = Setup_Key;
386 end Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated;
388 ------------------------------------
389 -- Clear_Setup_And_Not_Propagated --
390 ------------------------------------
392 procedure Clear_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA) is
393 GCC_E : constant GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access :=
394 To_GNAT_GCC_Exception (E.Private_Data);
395 begin
396 pragma Assert (GCC_E /= null);
397 GCC_E.Header.Private1 := 0;
398 end Clear_Setup_And_Not_Propagated;
400 ----------------------------------
401 -- Set_Setup_And_Not_Propagated --
402 ----------------------------------
404 procedure Set_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (E : EOA) is
405 GCC_E : constant GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access :=
406 To_GNAT_GCC_Exception (E.Private_Data);
407 begin
408 pragma Assert (GCC_E /= null);
409 GCC_E.Header.Private1 := Setup_Key;
410 end Set_Setup_And_Not_Propagated;
412 --------------------------------
413 -- Save_Occurrence_And_Private --
414 --------------------------------
416 procedure Save_Occurrence_And_Private
417 (Target : out Exception_Occurrence;
418 Source : Exception_Occurrence)
420 begin
421 Save_Occurrence_No_Private (Target, Source);
422 Target.Private_Data := Source.Private_Data;
423 end Save_Occurrence_And_Private;
425 ---------------------
426 -- Setup_Exception --
427 ---------------------
429 -- In the GCC-EH implementation of the propagation scheme, this
430 -- subprogram should be understood as: Setup the exception occurrence
431 -- stack headed at Current for a forthcoming raise of Excep.
433 procedure Setup_Exception
434 (Excep : EOA;
435 Current : EOA;
436 Reraised : Boolean := False)
438 Top : constant EOA := Current;
439 Next : EOA;
440 GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access;
442 begin
443 -- The exception Excep is soon to be propagated, and the
444 -- storage used for that will be the occurrence statically allocated
445 -- for the current thread. This storage might currently be used for a
446 -- still active occurrence, so we need to push it on the thread's
447 -- occurrence stack (headed at that static occurrence) before it gets
448 -- clobbered.
450 -- What we do here is to trigger this push when need be, and allocate a
451 -- Private_Data block for the forthcoming Propagation.
453 -- Some tasking rendez-vous attempts lead to an occurrence transfer
454 -- from the server to the client (see Exceptional_Complete_Rendezvous).
455 -- In those cases Setup is called twice for the very same occurrence
456 -- before it gets propagated: once from the server, because this is
457 -- where the occurrence contents is elaborated and known, and then
458 -- once from the client when it detects the case and actually raises
459 -- the exception in its own context.
461 -- The Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated predicate tells us when we are in
462 -- the second call to Setup for a Transferred occurrence, and there is
463 -- nothing to be done here in this situation. This predicate cannot be
464 -- True if we are dealing with a Reraise, and we may even be called
465 -- with a raw uninitialized Excep occurrence in this case so we should
466 -- not check anyway. Observe the front-end expansion for a "raise;" to
467 -- see that happening. We get a local occurrence and a direct call to
468 -- Save_Occurrence without the intermediate init-proc call.
470 if not Reraised and then Is_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (Excep) then
471 return;
472 end if;
474 -- Allocate what will be the Private_Data block for the exception
475 -- to be propagated.
477 GCC_Exception := new GNAT_GCC_Exception;
479 -- If the Top of the occurrence stack is not currently used for an
480 -- active exception (the stack is empty) we just need to setup the
481 -- Private_Data pointer.
483 -- Otherwise, we also need to shift the contents of the Top of the
484 -- stack in a freshly allocated entry and link everything together.
486 if Top.Private_Data /= System.Null_Address then
487 Next := new Exception_Occurrence;
488 Save_Occurrence_And_Private (Next.all, Top.all);
490 GCC_Exception.Next_Exception := Next;
491 Top.Private_Data := GCC_Exception.all'Address;
492 end if;
494 Top.Private_Data := GCC_Exception.all'Address;
496 Set_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (Top);
497 end Setup_Exception;
499 -------------------
500 -- Begin_Handler --
501 -------------------
503 procedure Begin_Handler (GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access) is
504 pragma Unreferenced (GCC_Exception);
506 begin
507 -- Every necessary operation related to the occurrence stack has
508 -- already been performed by Propagate_Exception. This hook remains for
509 -- potential future necessity in optimizing the overall scheme, as well
510 -- a useful debugging tool.
512 null;
513 end Begin_Handler;
515 -----------------
516 -- End_Handler --
517 -----------------
519 procedure End_Handler (GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access) is
520 Removed : Boolean;
521 begin
522 Removed := Remove (Get_Current_Excep.all, GCC_Exception);
523 pragma Assert (Removed);
524 end End_Handler;
526 -------------------------
527 -- Propagate_Exception --
528 -------------------------
530 -- Build an object suitable for the libgcc processing and call
531 -- Unwind_RaiseException to actually throw, taking care of handling
532 -- the two phase scheme it implements.
534 procedure Propagate_Exception
535 (E : Exception_Id;
536 From_Signal_Handler : Boolean)
538 pragma Inspection_Point (E);
539 pragma Unreferenced (From_Signal_Handler);
541 Excep : constant EOA := Get_Current_Excep.all;
542 GCC_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access;
544 begin
545 pragma Assert (Excep.Private_Data /= System.Null_Address);
547 -- Retrieve the Private_Data for this occurrence and set the useful
548 -- flags for the personality routine, which will be called for each
549 -- frame via Unwind_RaiseException below.
551 GCC_Exception := To_GNAT_GCC_Exception (Excep.Private_Data);
553 Clear_Setup_And_Not_Propagated (Excep);
555 GCC_Exception.Id := Excep.Id;
556 GCC_Exception.N_Cleanups_To_Trigger := 0;
558 -- Compute the backtrace for this occurrence if the corresponding
559 -- binder option has been set. Call_Chain takes care of the reraise
560 -- case.
562 -- ??? Using Call_Chain here means we are going to walk up the stack
563 -- once only for backtracing purposes before doing it again for the
564 -- propagation per se.
566 -- The first inspection is much lighter, though, as it only requires
567 -- partial unwinding of each frame. Additionally, although we could use
568 -- the personality routine to record the addresses while propagating,
569 -- this method has two drawbacks:
571 -- 1) the trace is incomplete if the exception is handled since we
572 -- don't walk past the frame with the handler,
574 -- and
576 -- 2) we would miss the frames for which our personality routine is not
577 -- called, e.g. if C or C++ calls are on the way.
579 Call_Chain (Excep);
581 -- Perform a standard raise first. If a regular handler is found, it
582 -- will be entered after all the intermediate cleanups have run. If
583 -- there is no regular handler, control will get back to after the
584 -- call, with N_Cleanups_To_Trigger set to the number of frames with
585 -- cleanups found on the way up, and none of these already run.
587 Unwind_RaiseException (GCC_Exception);
589 -- If we get here we know the exception is not handled, as otherwise
590 -- Unwind_RaiseException arranges for the handler to be entered. Take
591 -- the necessary steps to enable the debugger to gain control while the
592 -- stack is still intact.
594 Notify_Unhandled_Exception;
596 -- Now, if cleanups have been found, run a forced unwind to trigger
597 -- them. Control should not resume there, as the unwinding hook calls
598 -- Unhandled_Exception_Terminate as soon as the last cleanup has been
599 -- triggered.
601 if GCC_Exception.N_Cleanups_To_Trigger /= 0 then
602 Unwind_ForcedUnwind (GCC_Exception,
603 CleanupUnwind_Handler'Address,
604 System.Null_Address);
605 end if;
607 -- We get here when there is no handler or cleanup to be run at all.
608 -- The debugger has been notified before the second step above.
610 Unhandled_Exception_Terminate;
611 end Propagate_Exception;
613 ---------------------------
614 -- Adjust_N_Cleanups_For --
615 ---------------------------
617 procedure Adjust_N_Cleanups_For
618 (GNAT_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access;
619 Adjustment : Integer)
621 begin
622 GNAT_Exception.N_Cleanups_To_Trigger :=
623 GNAT_Exception.N_Cleanups_To_Trigger + Adjustment;
624 end Adjust_N_Cleanups_For;
626 -------------
627 -- EID_For --
628 -------------
630 function EID_For
631 (GNAT_Exception : GNAT_GCC_Exception_Access) return Exception_Id
633 begin
634 return GNAT_Exception.Id;
635 end EID_For;
637 ---------------------
638 -- Import_Code_For --
639 ---------------------
641 function Import_Code_For
642 (E : SSL.Exception_Data_Ptr) return Exception_Code
644 begin
645 return E.all.Import_Code;
646 end Import_Code_For;
648 --------------------------
649 -- Is_Handled_By_Others --
650 --------------------------
652 function Is_Handled_By_Others (E : SSL.Exception_Data_Ptr) return Boolean is
653 begin
654 return not E.all.Not_Handled_By_Others;
655 end Is_Handled_By_Others;
657 ------------------
658 -- Language_For --
659 ------------------
661 function Language_For (E : SSL.Exception_Data_Ptr) return Character is
662 begin
663 return E.all.Lang;
664 end Language_For;
666 -----------
667 -- Notes --
668 -----------
670 -- The current model implemented for the stack of occurrences is a
671 -- simplification of previous attempts, which all proved to be flawed or
672 -- would have needed significant additional circuitry to be made to work
673 -- correctly.
675 -- We now represent every propagation by a new entry on the stack, which
676 -- means that an exception occurrence may appear more than once (e.g. when
677 -- it is reraised during the course of its own handler).
679 -- This may seem overcostly compared to the C++ model as implemented in
680 -- the g++ v3 libstd. This is actually understandable when one considers
681 -- the extra variations of possible run-time configurations induced by the
682 -- freedom offered by the Save_Occurrence/Reraise_Occurrence public
683 -- interface.
685 -- The basic point is that arranging for an occurrence to always appear at
686 -- most once on the stack requires a way to determine if a given occurrence
687 -- is already there, which is not as easy as it might seem.
689 -- An attempt was made to use the Private_Data pointer for this purpose.
690 -- It did not work because:
692 -- 1) The Private_Data has to be saved by Save_Occurrence to be usable
693 -- as a key in case of a later reraise,
695 -- 2) There is no easy way to synchronize End_Handler for an occurrence
696 -- and the data attached to potential copies, so these copies may end
697 -- up pointing to stale data. Moreover ...
699 -- 3) The same address may be reused for different occurrences, which
700 -- defeats the idea of using it as a key.
702 -- The example below illustrates:
704 -- Saved_CE : Exception_Occurrence;
706 -- begin
707 -- raise Constraint_Error;
708 -- exception
709 -- when CE: others =>
710 -- Save_Occurrence (Saved_CE, CE); <= Saved_CE.PDA = CE.PDA
711 -- end;
713 -- <= Saved_CE.PDA is stale (!)
715 -- begin
716 -- raise Program_Error; <= Saved_CE.PDA = PE.PDA (!!)
717 -- exception
718 -- when others =>
719 -- Reraise_Occurrence (Saved_CE);
720 -- end;
722 -- Not releasing the Private_Data via End_Handler could be an option,
723 -- but making this to work while still avoiding memory leaks is far
724 -- from trivial.
726 -- The current scheme has the advantage of being simple, and induces
727 -- extra costs only in reraise cases which is acceptable.
729 end Exception_Propagation;