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+dnl Available from the GNU Autoconf Macro Archive at:
+dnl http://www.gnu.org/software/ac-archive/htmldoc/ac_cxx_exceptions.html
+dnl @version Id: 1.3 2004-02-04
+dnl
+dnl $Id: ac_cxx_exceptions.m4,v 1.2 2004/09/07 01:19:26 dnelson Exp $
+AC_DEFUN([AC_CXX_EXCEPTIONS],
+[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether the compiler supports exceptions,
+ac_cv_cxx_exceptions,
+[AC_LANG_SAVE
+ AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[try { throw 1; } catch (int i) { return i; }],
+ ac_cv_cxx_exceptions=yes, ac_cv_cxx_exceptions=no)
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+])
+if test "$ac_cv_cxx_exceptions" = yes; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXCEPTIONS,,[define if the compiler supports exceptions])
+fi
+])