Re: try/catch behaviour with SEH (VC++ 8)
Aurelien Regat-Barrel wrote:
void test()
{
try
{
int *p = 0;
*p = 0;
}
catch ( ... )
{
std::cout << "Catched in C++ handler!\n";
}
}
FYI: the past tense of 'catch' is 'caught' - stupid English irregular
verbs...
Now, the code above doesn't throw a C++ exception so the catch(...) handler
should never be invoked. Under VC though, such program faults can be mapped
to C++ exceptions which is why it works in the first place.
int main()
{
__try
{
test();
}
__except( EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION == GetExceptionCode() )
{
std::cout << "Catched in SEH handler!\n";
}
return 0;
}
outputs "Catched in C++ handler!" if compiled with VC++ 6 - okay. But
VC++ Express 2005 SP1 warns about unreachable code in the catch(...)
block (warning C4702), and the compiled program outputs "Catched in SEH
handler!".
I guess VC knows that the code will never throw a C++ exception and thus
emits the warning. VC8 has a few flags that control the exception
behaviour. Which compiler flags (/EHsc or /EHa) do you use?
Uli
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