Re: Error with ifstream and exceptions
On Feb 7, 12:57 pm, Marco <net...@lavabit.com> wrote:
On 2011-02-07 "Paul" <pchris...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Why does it throw an exception?
You told it to.
The while block is outside of the try block.
That isn't relevant, exceptions can be thrown anywhere.
I'm confused, too.
You should start by ignoring Paul. He's just our local troll;
he doesn't know anything about C++ or programming; he just gets
his kicks by insulting people who do.
Exceptions can be thrown everywhere, is that right? But what
is the purpose of the try block? Why isn't it enough to write
a catch block if the exceptions can be thrown in the try block
and outside the try block? (I know it's not valid to write
catch without try, it's just to understand how things work.)
A program, regardless of the language, does what you tell it to.
If you tell it to throw an exception, it will throw an
exception. If you're not in a try block, then the program will
abort with an error.
Also, larger programs are spread over a large number of modules,
and the compiler (or the IO stream library component) has no way
of knowing whether you are in a try block or not.
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