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Add unwind kinds and a "default unwind kind" method?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by locating the existing CallingConvention enum and default_calling_convention() method. Read how calling conventions are represented and used, then investigate whether unwind kind is implied or needs an independent API. Done means reaching a documented design decision about UnwindKind and default_unwind_kind().

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Description

Similar to the CallingConvention enum and the default_calling_convention() method, should we add an UnwindKind enum and default_unwind_kind() method?

One question is, do we need this, or should the unwind kind be implied by the calling convention?

Dominant language
Rust
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Forks
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