using backtrace() in exception throwing?

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Noel" == Noel Grandin <noelgrandin at gmail.com> writes:

Noel> Would be nice if gdb could actually do "catch throw XXXException" like
Noel> the documentation says - perhaps the documentation was modified
Noel> prematurely?

Yeah, I think it was.
The docs have been changed to reflect reality.
Actually implementing the feature is on our to-do list:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13588

Tom