Re: C++ standard library and exceptions

From	Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com>
Subject	Re: C++ standard library and exceptions
Date	2011-12-12 12:59 +0000
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:15:24 +0100, André Gillibert wrote:

> Well-defined programs cannot have any segfault... Any program having a
> segfault is in inconsistent state. Important data may have been
> damaged, and there is no guarantee of any sort of recovery.
> 
> For the sake of security and data integrity, a good system detecting
> such an error, should kill/abort/terminate the program immediately.

That's a slight over-generalisation. There are situations where it's
possible to handle a segfault. But such cases aren't the norm, and
handling them is complex and requires non-portable code. They certainly
shouldn't be converted to exceptions automatically.

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C++ standard library and exceptions ittium <ittium@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 12:17 +0530
  Re: C++ standard library and exceptions ittium <ittium@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 12:22 +0530
  Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 01:02 -0800
    Re: C++ standard library and exceptions ittium <ittium@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 16:35 +0530
      Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Goran <goran.pusic@gmail.com> - 2011-12-08 05:08 -0800
        Re: C++ standard library and exceptions ittium <ittium@gmail.com> - 2011-12-10 13:46 +0530
          Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-11 05:43 +0100
            Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-12 03:21 +0100
            Re: C++ standard library and exceptions André Gillibert <MetaEntropy.removeThis@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 11:15 +0100
              Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-12-12 12:59 +0000
              Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-12 17:28 +0000
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-12-12 12:42 -0600
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-12-12 14:18 -0800
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Sektor van Skijlen <ethouris@gmail.com> - 2011-12-19 02:38 -0800
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-19 03:52 -0800
              Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-13 09:16 +0100
              Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-13 09:17 +0100
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "Wolfgang.Draxinger" <Wolfgang.Draxinger@physik.uni-muenchen.de> - 2011-12-15 12:14 +0100
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-12-15 15:50 -0800
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions hanukas <jukka@liimatta.org> - 2011-12-17 21:57 -0800
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-19 04:02 +0100
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-12-19 01:32 -0800
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Tobias Müller <troplin@bluewin.ch> - 2011-12-19 07:14 +0000
                Re: C++ standard library and exceptions Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-12-19 01:29 -0800

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