Re: A few questions about singletons...

From:

"Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid>

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comp.lang.c++

Date:

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:56:26 -0700

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"Michael Doubez" <michael.doubez@free.fr> wrote in message
news:c96a9e29-4305-446d-8d88-55693fc8f99c@v36g2000yqv.googlegroups.com...
On 30 sep, 01:48, "Chris M. Thomasson" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote:
[snip]

if (! m_mutex)
{
assert(m_mutex);
std::unexpected();
}

[snip]

I wondered about this usage of assert() + unexpected(): what is the
rational of using both ?

I made several *mistakes in the "hard" error handling code. Sorry about
that.

To tell the truth, I never use std::unexpected(). How and when do you
use it ?

Quite frankly, I personally do not know which exception to throw as I am not
a C++ expert. I decorated the constructor/destructor and `prv_get_name()'
functions with the `throw()' clause. IMVHO, if the ctor of a singleton
fails, then end user program is in peril. Should the singleton ctor throw or
not?

(*)
BTW, here is corrected code:
_______________________________________________________________________
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>

#if ! defined (WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED)
# include <cassert>
# include <exception>
# define WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED assert(false), std::unexpected
#endif

class win_dcl_mutex
{
    HANDLE m_mutex;

private:
    template<typename T>
    static std::string prv_get_name(T const& id) throw()
    {
        std::ostringstream name;

        name << "DCL_MUTEX_" << GetCurrentProcessId() << "_" << id;

        // std::cout << name.str() << std::endl;

        return name.str();
    }

public:
    template<typename T>
    win_dcl_mutex(T const& id) throw()

    : m_mutex(CreateMutex(NULL, TRUE, prv_get_name(id).c_str()))

    {
        if (! m_mutex)
        {
            WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED();
        }

        else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
        {
            if (WaitForSingleObject(m_mutex, INFINITE) !=
                    WAIT_OBJECT_0)
            {
                CloseHandle(m_mutex);
                WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED();
            }
        }
    }

    ~win_dcl_mutex() throw()
    {
        if (! ReleaseMutex(m_mutex))
        {
            CloseHandle(m_mutex);
            WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED();
        }

        if (! CloseHandle(m_mutex))
        {
            WIN_DCL_MUTEX_UNEXPECTED();
        }
    }
};

int
main()
{
    {
        win_dcl_mutex mutex(12345);
    }

    return 0;
}

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