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CHAPTER 4 EXCEPTION HANDLING

with a zero value, the handlers will be called in the order in which

they were add ed.

returns a non- value if it

succeeds, and it requires a single parameter, the handler address.

The successful return value is a pointer to the exception handler, that is,

. A return value indicates failure.

is a pointer to the handler function, which is of the form:

is the address of an struc-

ture with processor-specific and general information. This is the same structure

returned by

and used in Program 4–4.

A VEH handler function should be fast, and it should never access a

synchronization object, such as a mutex (see Cha