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From: Amit Ghosh <amit DOT ghosch AT hamburg DOT netsurf DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++ try-throw-catch mechanism
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 15:18:20 +0200
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Ian Miller wrote:
> 
> Should the C++ try-throw-catch mechanism work under DJGPP?
> Has anyone got it to work?
> Yes? Any chance of a snippet of source code?
> 
> It's not documented in the gcc info, but gcc itself recognises
> the keywords and suggests compiling with the -fhandle-exceptions
> switch. I tried this, but the resulting program resolutely
> refuses to catch what I throw; it just calls terminate()
> every time.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance,
> --
> Ian Miller, Dorset, AFRICA
> DJGPP 2.00, Win95 DOS box (LFN=n), 486DX4/100, 24Mbytes RAM


Hope this code will help you:

#include <iostream.h>

int main( int, char** )
{
    try
    {
        throw 123;
    }
    catch( int k )
    {
        cout << k << " caught" << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}
 

--
Amit Ghosh
mailto:amit DOT ghosch AT hamburg DOT netsurf DOT de