Re: Printing line numbers in exceptions like in Java?
On Mar 1, 1:18 pm, "Digital Puer" <digital_p...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi, I am interested in catching exceptions and printing the
line number and file name of where the exception occurred,
like what is done in Java. For example, when vector's at()
accesses beyond its size and throws an exception, I would like
to have the file and line information available.
Any ideas how I can do this?
Use the __FILE__ and __LINE__ macros as part of your exception
message. If you're throwing your own exception with a constructor like
this:
MyException(
const char* msg,
const char* filename,
unsigned line );
you can create a macro to assist... something like:
#define THROW_MY_EXCEPTION( msg ) throw MyException( (msg), __FILE__,
__LINE__ )
If you're wanting to get that info from the standard library (or any
other piece of code over which you don't have control), you'll have to
either use your debugger (many can stop a the point when an exception
is thrown) or catch the exception and throw a new one:
try
{
vector<int> v;
cout << v.at( 0 );
}
catch( const std::exception& e )
{
THROW_MY_EXCEPTION( e.what() );
}
Cheers! --M
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