Re: Unqualified name lookup doubt (ISO/IEC-14882:2003 3.4.1/13)
On 2008-02-05 15:28:29 -0500, murali.desikan@gmail.com said:
Hi,
[I posted this in comp.std.c++ but the post never appeared. So trying
here]
ISO/IEC 14882:2003 Section 3.4.1/13 has the following
[...] Names declared in the outermost block of the function definition
are not found when looked up in the scope
of a handler for the function-try-block. [Note: but function parameter
names are found. ]
I thought the following example illustrated the above point but all
the compilers (gcc 3.4.2, MS VC++ 2005, Comeau online compiler) I
tried it with accept the code without any errors.
int main()
{
int x;
try {
// ...
}
This isn't a function-try-block. A function-try-block is a rather
unusual creature. Here's an example from the standard:
class C
{
int i;
double d;
public:
C(int, double);
};
C::C(int ii, double id)
try : i(f(ii)), d(f(id))
{
// constructor statements
}
catch(...)
{
// handles exceptions thrown from the ctor-initializer
// and from the constructor statements
}
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