Re: C++ exception error messages
Gert-Jan de Vos wrote:
[...]
The problem is the signature of std::exception::what():
virtual const char* what() const throw();
A derived class overriding what() has to:
1) return a pointer to the message string
2) without modifying the exception's state
3) and without throwing anything
I don't know how to dynamically construct a message given these
constraints:
1) suggests using a member string or char array as a formatting
buffer.
2) suggests a mutable member variable formatting buffer
3) makes it impossible to dynamically allocate this buffer
What am I missing?
Nothing, except that the exception object could contain a buffer
declared "mutable", and could try to generate a elaborate message,
failing that return a simpler fallback message, like this:
class X : public std::exception {
[...]
virtual char const* what() throw() {
try {
s = "...";
return s.c_str();
} catch(...) {
return "X exception + Out Of Memory";
}
}
mutable std::string s;
};
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