Android NDK R5 and support of C++ exception

Question

I am trying to use the NDK 5 full C++ gnustl:

The CPLUSPLUS-SUPPORT.html states:

The NDK toolchain supports C++ exceptions, since

Answer 1

As far as I know, the Android NDK has never supported exceptions. libstdc++ itself does support exceptions, but when compiled for android, exception support is turned off (grep for "-fno-exceptions").

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