Exception information in catch(...) statement

[Bernie]

Hi

is it possible to receive information like type of exception (division by
zero/null pointer/...), memory adress or source line number in a catch(...)
statement?

main()
{
try
{
// do something
} catch(...)
{
// get more information about the exception
}
}

Thanks.
Bernie

[blargg]

In article <48**********@n ews.bluewin.ch> , "Bernie"
<indico(at)gm x-topmail.dewrote :

is it possible to receive information like type of exception (division by
zero/null pointer/...), memory adress or source line number in a catch(...)
statement?
[...]

The result of such conditions is undefined and the standard places no
requirements on what a compiler does. A particular compiler might support
this, but it's misguided since such conditions are conceptually at a lower
level than the exception handling mechanism; aborting the program is
usually the best response.

[Boris]

On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:45:18 +0200, Bernie <indico <"gmx-topmail.de>">
wrote:

is it possible to receive information like type of exception (division by
zero/null pointer/...), memory adress or source line number in a
catch(...)
statement?

Creating and analyzing application crash dumps might be more helpful to
fix those bugs which slipped through testing and can only be reliably
reproduced by customers. :)

Boris

[Salt_Peter]

On Sep 1, 11:45 am, "Bernie" <indico(at)gm x-topmail.dewrote :

Hi

is it possible to receive information like type of exception (division by
zero/null pointer/...), memory adress or source line number in a catch(...)
statement?

main()
{
try
{
// do something
} catch(...)
{
// get more information about the exception
}

}

Thanks.
Bernie

derive from std::runtime_er ror...

#include <iostream>
#include <stdexcept>

class error_divzero : public std::runtime_er ror
{
const char* pfile;
public:
error_divzero(c onst char* p, const char* f)
: std::runtime_er ror(p), pfile(f) { }
// member
const char* what() const throw()
{
return pfile;
}
};

int main()
{
try
{
int x(1);
int y(0);
y ? x/y : throw error_divzero(" divide by zero", __FILE__);
}
catch (const error_divzero& r_e )
{
std::cout << "Error: ";
std::cout << r_e.std::runtim e_error::what() << std::endl;
std::cout << r_e.what() << std::endl;
}
catch (const std::exception& r_e )
{
std::cout << "Error: ";
std::cout << r_e.what() << std::endl;
}
}

/*
Error: divide by zero
/%somepath%/test.cpp
*/