Re: The scope of __finally (C++ Builder 2010)

From:
legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard)
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 21 Nov 2014 02:02:05 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID:
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"A" <a@a.a> spake the secret code
<m4lj5n$m3i$1@gregory.bnet.hr> thusly:

In this particular example:

 1 int TForm1::TestOfFinally()
 2 {
 3 int i = 111;
 4 std::vector<int> aa;
 5
 6 aa.push_back(123);
 7
 8 try
 9 {
10 return i;
11 }
12 __finally
13 {
14 Application->MessageBox(IntToStr((int)aa.size()).c_str(), L"Info",
               MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
15 }
16 }

aa.size() is 0 as it goes out of scope after return i; in try part of the
block.


If you get 0 for aa.size() from this code in C++ Builder, then it's a
bug in C++ Builder.

aa doesn't go out of scope until line 16.
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