Paul Ramsey > > I would like to get a decision made so we can start on resolving the problem > ASAP. have we tried compiling with -fexceptions yet ?? google("gcc c++ exceptions mixed with c code") returns http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-12/msg01606.html here is the man page http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.4/gcc_3.html#SEC53 HTH Norman