llvm dev - Oct 2006 - [LLVMdev] callinst vs. invokeinst

What is the difference between a CallInst and an InvokeInst in LLVM?  Is 
an InvokeInst a CallInst that can throw an exception?

Thanks,
Ryan

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 19:24 -0600, Ryan M. Lefever
wrote:
> What is the difference between a CallInst and an InvokeInst in LLVM?  Is 
> an InvokeInst a CallInst that can throw an exception?
Sort off. The return destination of a CallInst is implied .. the next
instruction. The return destination of an InvokeInst is explicit and
there are two of them: normal case and exceptional case. If the unwind
instruction is executed (during the call) it causes a stack unwind and
branch to the exceptional case. Normal returns (without unwind
instruction) return to the normal case.

The intention is for exception handling.

Reid.
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> Ryan
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Ryan M. Lefever wrote:
> What is the difference between a CallInst and an InvokeInst in LLVM?  Is
> an InvokeInst a CallInst that can throw an exception?
They both allow the callee to throw an exception.  Invoke is used when a 
callee is calling a function and wants to stop unwinding if it throws.

Some references:

http://llvm.org/docs/LangRef.html#i_invoke
http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html

-Chris

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