Re: Exception caught inside a constructor
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:33:38 AM UTC-5, Jarek Blakarz wrote:
The following program throws an exception while allocating "A" object.
Please help me to modify the program to work correctly. I want all exceptions
to be caught inside a "C" constructor and no memory leak should happen.
Use smart pointers. Failing that:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
struct A {
A(void)
{
cout << "A" << endl;
}
~A(void)
{
cout << "~A" << endl;
}
void* operator new(size_t size)
{
cout << "A new" << endl;
throw 10; // allocation fails
return ::operator new(size);
}
};
struct B {
B(void)
{
cout << "B" << endl;
}
~B(void)
{
cout << "~B" << endl;
}
};
struct C {
B *ptrB;
A *ptrA;
C(void)
{
cout << "C" << endl;
try {
ptrB = new B;
} catch(...) {
cout << "new B - exception" << endl;
throw;
}
try {
ptrA = new A;
} catch(...) {
cout << "new A - exception" << endl;
delete ptrB;
throw;
}
}
~C(void) {
cout << "~C" << endl;
delete ptrB;
delete ptrA;
}
};
int main(void)
{
try {
C c;
} catch(...) {
cout << "main exception handler" << endl;
}
}
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