* gdbtypes.c (check_typedef): Document that this function can

	throw an exception.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d489d081d5218d04f37296aa6afe6aa83b4ed283..4af934957bfba640c7be202eaebb61ed70ba42ad 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-11-09  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+       * gdbtypes.c (check_typedef): Document that this function can
+       throw an exception.
+
 2011-11-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        PR c++/13342:

diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 614b813c2b6fb137af9e553796c2d4defd36b317..d0cb678e116a94691ee35d73025f9f6b447b2305 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,10 @@ stub_noname_complaint (void)
    not been computed and we're either in the middle of reading symbols, or
    there was no name for the typedef in the debug info.
 
+   NOTE: Lookup of opaque types can throw errors for invalid symbol files.
+   QUITs in the symbol reading code can also throw.
+   Thus this function can throw an exception.
+
    If TYPE is a TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF, its length is updated to the length of
    the target type.