Re: un-catched Exceptions in mixed C/C++ code
On Dec 18, 10:36 pm, wrungel <wrun...@web.de> wrote:
Exceptions thrown by C++ function which is called by a C-function
which is called by a C++ function are not catched by outermost C++
function.
Operating system: Linux
Compiler: GNU GCC Version 4.2.1
file x.cc:
main ()
{
try {
y_func();
} catch (...) {
cout << "This line is NOT executed if _func() is compiled with C+
+ compiler";
}
}
file y.c:
y_func()
{
z_func();
}
file z.cc:
z_func()
{
throw exception;
}
Files x.cc and z.cc are compiled with C++ (GNU) compiler.
File y.c is compiled with C (GNU) compiler.
If z_func() throws, exception is not catched by main function.
Program crashes with error message: terminate called after throwing of
an instance 'of std::exception'
If y.c is compiled with C++ (GNU) compiler, exception is catched by
main function (desired behavior).
The complete source code can be downloaded here:http://freenet-homepage.de/wrungel/exceptions.tgz
The problem is that the y_func() comes from third-party library and
can not be recompiled with C compiler.
How can I catch exceptions in main function caused by z_func()?
y_func() is not yours, is z_func() your code? Can you change it? C
does not have notion of expcetions. So, an exception thrown from C++
code cannot be caught or translated or left to be caught by the
enclosing caller. You will have to not let any C++ exceptions pass
through z_func(). Uncaught exceptions, in a way, form part of the
interface contract (C++ has exception specifications, as well).
Similar to why you cannot have the C++ function z_func() not use
reference arguments (or reference return types), or any other C++
types, not even std::string/std::vector.
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