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Re: Trouble with C++ exceptions, code

On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 02:47 AM, Bjvrn Giesler wrote:

void uncaughtHandler(void)
{
try {
printf("Re-throwing.\n");
throw;
} catch(MyException& e) {
printf("MyException\n");
abort();
} catch(...) {
printf("Unknown\n");
abort();
}
}
...
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
std::set_terminate(uncaughtHandler);
return myFunction();
}

You shouldn't do this. The C++ standard says (18.6.3.1, paragraph 2) that a terminate handler "shall terminate execution of the program without returning to the caller". The implementation relies on this function meeting this requirement. Your uncaughtHandler doesn't satisfy it.

--Matt
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