C++ exceptions are broken.

Message-ID	<wuCdnSxusZPATkDLnZ2dnUU7-VlQAAAA@giganews.com> (permalink)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.c++.moderated
From	Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk>
Subject	C++ exceptions are broken.
Organization	unknown
Date	2016-03-08 06:31 -0600

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

C++ exceptions are broken.

As it currently stands a more serious std::logic_error exception can be 
downgraded into a less serious std::runtime_error exception if an 
exception is thrown whilst evaluating the throw expression.  This is a 
nonsense.

Fix: if an exception is thrown whilst evaluating a throw expression then 
std::terminate() is called.

/Flibble


-- 
      [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ]
      [ comp.lang.c++.moderated.    First time posters: Do this! ]

Back to comp.lang.c++.moderated | Previous | Next — Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

C++ exceptions are broken. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-03-08 06:31 -0600
  Re: C++ exceptions are broken. "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> - 2016-03-09 08:25 -0600
    Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Elias Salomão Helou Neto <eshneto@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-12 06:28 -0600
    Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-03-12 14:46 -0600
      Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-03-12 16:50 -0600
      Re: C++ exceptions are broken. "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> - 2016-03-13 15:55 -0600
        Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Gareth Owen <gwowen@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-15 08:45 -0600
          Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk> - 2016-03-15 12:22 -0600
            Re: C++ exceptions are broken. "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-17 06:43 -0600
            Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-03-17 06:43 -0600
      Re: C++ exceptions are broken. Gareth Owen <gwowen@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-15 08:44 -0600

csiph-web