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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:52:55 -0800
From: Dennis Yelle <dennis51 AT jps DOT net>
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Subject: Re: try, throw, and catch -- is this a bug?
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Willem D wrote:
> 
> In article <922852481 DOT 604485 AT neptune DOT uniserve DOT ca>,
>   "DarkSun" <basicvengance AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
[...]
> > I see your problem... try changeing the prog to this :
> > #include <iostream.h>
> > #include <string.h>
> >
> > class sorry{
> >     public:
> >     const char *error_msg;
> >     sorry( const char *p) : error_msg(p) {}
> > };
> >
> > int main()
> > {
> >     try {
> >         throw sorry( "test 3");
> >     }
> >     catch ( sorry stuff ) {
> >         cerr << "Sorry, ";
> >         cerr << stuff.error_msg ;
> >         cerr << '\n';
> >     }
> >     cout << '\n';
> > }

I did, it gets the same warning message on the same line.
 
> Hi DarkSun, The difference between a class and a struct is nada! Although, I
> agree fully with you - and use the class keyword in these instances - it
> seems to be a matter of preference. Maybe someone knows what the ANSI C++
> standard specifies -- can a struct have functions according the the standard?

Bjarne Stroustrup's book The C++ Programming Language Third Edition
says, "A _struct_ is simply a _class_ whose members are public by
default."
at the top of page 226.

Thus:

  class X {

is equivalent to this:

  struct X {
  private:

and:

  class Y {
  public:

is equivalent to this:

  struct Y {

> BTW: Your proposed fix does not work, Dennis' problem remains. It looks like
> a bug to me, albeit a small one.

Yup.
What is the proper place to report bugs?
I have a couple more cases of incorrect
warnings being generated that I would like
to report.

Dennis