Re: catch (...)
* Phlip:
Cy Edmunds wrote:
On the contrary, there is a specific exception caught in a catch-all.
Try
#include <cstddef>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <iostream>
#include <ostream>
int main()
{
try
{
throw std::runtime_error( "Indeed" );
}
catch( ... )
{
try
{
throw;
}
catch( std::exception const& x )
{
std::cerr << "!" << x.what() << std::endl;
}
catch( ... )
{
std::cerr << "!Unknown exception" << std::endl;
}
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}
Modulo typos, of course; also, won't work with older compilers like VC6.
The inner try-catch can be moved to a separate function.
Right! This tip really helped me with a project I'm working on. Thanks!
That tip is a super-complex way to simply say this:
try
{
throw std::runtime_error( "Indeed" );
}
catch( std::exception const& x )
{
std::cerr << "!" << x.what() << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
catch( ... )
{
std::cerr << "!Unknown exception" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
No.
Mostly, the technique is applicable when you have several different
exception types originating from various third-part libraries.
Placing a multiple try-catch like the above in every function really
isn't an option, and using macros to generate such beasties isn't a very
clean solution. A separate exception conversion function is then a
relatively clean way to deal with the exceptions. All it requires is a
catch-all in each function that deals directly with lib functions.
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