Re: std::vector::operator[] throws exception
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James Kanze wrote:
Deane Yang wrote:
> I was surprised to learn recently that code like
> std::vector<int> v(3);
> v[3] = 10;
> compiled with VC++ 8.0 and the STL library that comes with it
> throws an exception when run.
> Does this conform to the official specification of std::vector?
> No exception is thrown if compiled with cygwin gcc.
I get a core dump with g++ under Linux or Solaris. At least
with debug options turned on.
First, I misspoke, and this is not so different from VC++ does. To be
precise, VC++ invokes an "invalid parameter handler", which by default
terminates the program. There is no exception thrown.
But what is different is that VC++ does this even with programs compiled
in release mode. Can someone explain to me why this is desirable default
behavior?
Deane
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