Re: Exception handling

=?UTF-8?B?RXJpayBXaWtzdHLDtm0=?= <Erik-wikstrom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On 2008-04-27 00:29, howa wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have simple code which provide exception handling functions, e.g.
>> 
>> //---------------------------------
>> try {
>>           int j = 2;
>>           int k = 0;
>>           double t = j / k;
>> 
>>      } catch (...) {
>>           cout<<"Error!";
>>      }
>> 
>> //---------------------------------
>> 
>> VS.net told me "unhandled exception".
>> 
>> But isn't catch (...) will cover as the default handler?
> 
> Division by zero does not throw an exception (in standard C++). MS have
> some private extensions which can throw a structured exception in this
> case but those are not (as far as I know) C++ exceptions and can not be
> caught with catch().
> 

I believe that compiler offeres the option to handle them as C++
exceptions. Sorry, I am not sure what version you are using but check for
the /EHa compiler flag in the do***entaion.

And I think that as others have said or at least implied, this will be
non-
standard behavior.

Otis

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