Catching SEGVs with __try/__except is MSVC only, not general C++

[p5sagit/Devel-Size.git] / lib / Devel / Size.pm

diff --git a/lib/Devel/Size.pm b/lib/Devel/Size.pm
index 2355afc..4be6c8a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Devel/Size.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/Size.pm
@@ -255,9 +255,10 @@ These may be disabled by setting
 Devel::Size has always been vulnerable to trapping when traversing Perl's
 internal data structures, if it encounters uninitialised (dangling) pointers.
 
-Exception handling has been added to deal with this possibility, and Devel::Size
-will now attempt to ignore (or log) them and continue. These messages are mainly
-of interest to Devel::Size and core developers, and so are disabled by default.
+MSVC provides exception handling able to deal with this possibility, and when
+built with MSVC Devel::Size will now attempt to ignore (or log) them and
+continue. These messages are mainly of interest to Devel::Size and core
+developers, and so are disabled by default.
 
 They may be enabled by setting