PR c++/13588:

	* NEWS: Update.
	* break-catch-throw.c (struct exception_catchpoint)
	<exception_rx, pattern>: New fields.
	(fetch_probe_arguments, dtor_exception_catchpoint)
	(check_status_exception_catchpoint)
	(print_one_detail_exception_catchpoint): New functions.
	(handle_gnu_v3_exceptions): Add "except_rx" argument.
	Compile regular expression if needed.
	(extract_exception_regexp): New function.
	(catch_exception_command_1): Use extract_exception_regexp.
	(compute_exception): Use fetch_probe_arguments.
	(initialize_throw_catchpoint_ops): Set dtor, print_one_detail,
	and check_status fields.
	* cp-abi.c (cplus_typename_from_type_info): New function.
	* cp-abi.h (cplus_typename_from_type_info): Declare.
	(struct cp_abi_ops) <get_typename_from_type_info>: New field.
	* gdb_regex.h (compile_rx_or_error): Declare.
	* gnu-v3-abi.c (gnuv3_get_typename_from_type_info): Update
	comment.
	(init_gnuv3_ops): Set get_type_from_type_info field.
	* probe.c (compile_rx_or_error): Move...
	* utils.c (compile_rx_or_error): ... here.
gdb/doc
	* gdb.texinfo (Set Catchpoints): Document regexp syntax for
	exception catchpoints.
gdb/testsuite
	* gdb.cp/exceptprint.exp: Add regexp catchpoint tests.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index aa2d5717e7b..f14159d8002 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ Tilera TILE-Gx GNU/Linux	tilegx*-*-linux
 * The new convenience variable $_exception holds the exception being
   thrown or caught at an exception-related catchpoint.
 
+* The exception-related catchpoints, like "catch throw", now accept a
+  regular expression which can be used to filter exceptions by type.
+
 * Python scripting
 
   ** Vectors can be created with gdb.Type.vector.