Re: Structured exception

From:
"Alex Blekhman" <tkfx.REMOVE@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:55:57 +0200
Message-ID:
<uD3ALM1WIHA.4440@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
"George" wrote:

1. when they happen, structured exception will be thrown
automatically and
if we do not catch such structured exception, program will be
halted?


Correct.

But I think C++ exception will also be thrown at the same time,
since there
is a related C++ exception overflow_error based on runtime_error
class. So I
think catch either one (structured exception or overflow_error)
is ok?
Anything wrong?


No. Again, structured exceptions and C++ exceptions are two
separate mechanisms that don't intersect and live in parallel. If
you want to catch SE in C++ code, then you must translate it to
C++ first.

2.

If I only handle C++ exception, even if using catch (...) --
catch all --
handler, some critical exception like you mentioned access
violation will
still be missed unless I use structured exception handler?


You can't catch structured exception with C++ `catch' statement.
That's it. Doug's FAQ describes a possible solution for this
situation.

Alex

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