Re: Exception Handling in Release Mode
Moahn wrote:
I am learning the Exception Handling in C++. I wrote a small program
using Exception Handling. I am using Vistual Studio 6.
It is working fine in Win32 Debug build, but it is not catching the
exception in Win32Release mode.
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
int i = 0;
try
{
int m = 17/i;
}
catch(...)
{
cout<<"Main - Catch"<<endl;
}
cout <<"End of Main" <<endl;
return 0;
}
Could you please explain, why the Exception is not caught in the
Win32Release mode.??
There is no exception being thrown in this code. What you are seeing in
debug mode seems to be a platform (i.e. Windows) specific extension that
converts certain runtime errors, such as an integer division by zero,
into C++ exceptions. That is, your code is turned into something to the
effect of:
try
{
#ifndef _NDEBUG
if (i == 0)
throw DivisionByZeroException();
#endif
int m = 17/i;
}
Note that this is not Standard C++. From a standard point of view,
dividing by zero simply invokes undefined behaviour.
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