jmp_buf buf; // thread-local
char* msg;   // thread-local

// ... some C++ code here, potentially some RAII thingy

GeneratedFunc func = (GeneratedFunc)compile_stuff();
if (!setjmp(buf)) {
    // somewhere deep inside, it calls longjmp to jump back to the top function in case a problem happens
    func();
} else {
    printf("error: %s\n", msg);
    // do something about the error here
}

// some other C++ code