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When gcc generates code that handles exceptions, it produces tables that describe how to unwind the stack. These tables are found in the .eh_frame section. The format of the .eh_frame section is very similar to the format of a DWARF .debug_frame section. Unfortunately, it is not precisely identical. I don’t know of any documentation which…

Back in March Go picked up a dynamic exception mechanism. Previously, when code called the panic function, it simply aborted your program. Now, it walks up the stack to the top of the currently running goroutine, running all deferred functions. More interestingly, if a deferred function calls the new recover function, the panic is interrupted,…