3652. Can we relax the preconditions of longjmp?

Section: 17.14.3 [csetjmp.syn] Status: NAD Submitter: Jiang An Opened: 2021-12-15 Last modified: 2022-01-30

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

IMO the UB in 17.14.3 [csetjmp.syn]/2 is because of the design that "every destructor call for an object shall be in effect when the lifetime of that object ends". A similar requirement is in 6.8.4 [basic.life]/5, but it's more relaxed than the requirement for setjmp/longjmp. It seems better to harmonize the requirements in 6.8.4 [basic.life]/5 and 17.14.3 [csetjmp.syn]/2, which allows longjmp to skip non-trivial but no-op destructor calls. Given that Microsoft UCRT's longjmp can sometimes (but not always) call destructors, IMO we should say that it's unspecified whether longjmp calls destructor for any object whose lifetime ends.

[2022-01-30 Duplicate of CWG 2361. Status changed: New → NAD.]

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4901.

1. Modify 17.14.3 [csetjmp.syn] as indicated:

   -2- The function signature longjmp(jmp_buf jbuf, int val) has more restricted behavior in this document. A setjmp/longjmp call pair has undefined behavior iIf replacing the setjmp and longjmp in a setjmp/longjmp call pair by catch and throw would invoke any non-trivial destructors for any objects with automatic storage duration, it is unspecified whether the destructor is invoked for each such object. The behavior is undefined if the program depends on the side effects produced by any such unspecified destructor calls. A call to setjmp or longjmp has undefined behavior if invoked in a suspension context of a coroutine (7.6.2.4 [expr.await]).