[fpc-devel] "Blank slate" next version of FPC

[Martin Frb]

On 24/02/2019 15:24, Jonas Maebe wrote:
> On 24/02/2019 15:22, Marco van de Voort wrote:
>> It is part of the language, people have lived with it over 20 years. 
>> If it bothers you, help making exceptions cheaper (table based 
>> exceptions/seh)
>
> They're already working for Linux/i386 and LLVM targets in de debug_eh 
> branch. And of course for Win64 (and Win32 for the most part if you 
> compile a custom compiler).
>
Will there be any efforts to add debug info, so a debugger can find 
except and finally blocks?
https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=34881

Or maybe I am missing some existing info?

With the information currently available, switching to seh (as 
implemented) currently means a degradation of the debugging experience.