Re: bad pointer exception
On Jun 17, 8:08 pm, Stuart Golodetz
<sgolod...@NdOiSaPlA.pMiPpLeExA.ScEom> wrote:
Chris wrote:
Hello.
how do you catch bad pointer dereferences in C++?
example:
#include <stdio.h>
void main()
{
try
{
int *pi;
*pi = 10;
}
catch(...)
{
printf("Exception caught \n\n");
}
}
catch handler is not executed, I get a runtime error instead.
so how?
thx
Chris
Dereferencing a bad pointer results in undefined behaviour - it doesn't
throw, so you can't catch it. You just have to make sure you don't mess
up :) If you use smart pointers (e.g. shared_ptr) instead of raw
pointers, they are sometimes checked on use (against NULL only and
generally in debug mode only), but that's about as much help as you're
likely to get. Other than that, you're pretty much on your own...
Cheers,
Stu
p.s.
1) int main()
2) #include <cstdio>
3) (Add #include <iostream> and then...) std::cout << "Exception
caught\n\n";
"Dereferencing a bad pointer results in undefined behaviour".
How can it be undefined behaviour if it generates a runtime error time
and time again?
Doesn't it just mean that, when trying to access memory that isn't
yours it should be considered as 'Access violation' ?
Is there absolutely no way to prevent the program from crashing?
grtz
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