Re: Problem with std::out_of_range

From:
Salt_Peter <pj_hern@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
21 May 2007 10:54:27 -0700
Message-ID:
<1179770066.632482.63680@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>
On May 21, 12:44 pm, desktop <f...@sss.com> wrote:

I have the following code:

#include <stdexcept>

int main(){

        int i = 10;
        int arr[i];
        int index = 11;

        if (index > i) {
                throw std::out_of_range();
        }
        else {
                arr[index] = 33;
        }

        return 0;

}

but when I compile I get:

  no matching function for call to 'std::out_of_range::out_of_range()'
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/stdexcept:99:
note: candidates are: std::out_of_range::out_of_range(const std::string&)
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../include/c++/4.1.2/stdexcept:97:
note: std::out_of_range::out_of_range(const
std::out_of_range&)

why can't I use std::out_of_range() in this manner?


First off, your logic is wrong since arr[10] doesn't exist either. If
you are going to use exceptions and not bother catching them, you are
waisting your time.

#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>

template< typename T, const size_t Size >
class Array
{
  T m_array[Size];
public:
  T& operator[](const size_t i)
  {
    if(i >= Size)
      throw std::out_of_range("index out of range.");
    return m_array[i];
  }
};

int main()
{
  try {
    Array< int, 10 > instance;
    instance[10] = 99; // throws
  }
  catch (const std::exception& e)
  {
    std::cout << "Error: " << e.what();
    std::cout << std::endl;
  }
}

And instead of reinventing the wheel, why don't you use std::vector
and its at() member function?

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