Re: Variable life cycle
"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A07C75BA-DF32-43DE-A83A-F43E102AEDCD@microsoft.com...
Hello everyone,
In the sample, I am wondering what is the life cycle of variable b_? Could
we access variable b_ in catch block?
I have this confusion is because,
1. I think b_ is member variable, and we should be able to access it
anywhere in the class itself, so we can access b_ in catch block;
2. I think b_ is declared and initialized in try {} block, and catch
exceeds
the {} of try, so we can not access b_ in catch block.
b_ is initialized, but not declared, inside the function-try block. However
the compiler has already cleaned it up before the catch block runs.
http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/066.htm says "After all, remember that once you get
into your constructor try-block's handler, any local variables in the
constructor body are also already out of scope, and you are guaranteed that
no base subobjects or member objects exist any more, period. You can't even
refer to their names. "
b_ is a member object
Which option is correct?
http://www.gotw.ca/gotw/066.htm
[Code]
class C:
{
B b_;
C::C()
try
: b_( /*...*/ )
{
}
catch( ... )
{
// can we access _b here?
}
};
[/Code]
thanks in advance,
George
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