Re: exception and global variable
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
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"George" <George@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Bjarne mentioned in his book, that there is no way to catch
exceptions from the initialization of global variables (section
14.7). But I do not think it is true, because we can add function try
block to its constructor, and catch appropriate types of exceptions
or using catch(...) to catch all exceptions.
Well, if a function catches all exceptions internally, then it doesn't
throw. What a function does internally is its own business - what's
important is whether an exception can emanate from it.
A function-try block can handle an exception, but always rethrows.
The book of course talks about constructors that actually throw
exceptions.
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
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