unexpected behaviour of set_unexpected()

[bb]

Hi,
I am using gcc v4.0.2 on fedora core 4 (2.6.16). Any reason why the
handler set thru' set_unexpected() never gets called in the following
code?

--------- Code -------------

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <string>

void myHandler();
int main(int argc, char** argv);
int main(int argc, char** argv) {

std::set_unexpected(myHandler);

try {
throw std::string("This is an exception");
} catch (std::exception& ex) {
std::cout << "Expected exception caught" << std::endl;
}

}

void myHandler() {
std::cout << "Unexpected exception caught" << std::endl;
throw std::exception();
}

-------- Produces the following Output -------------

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::string'
Aborted

-------- End -----------------

[Bo Persson]

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Hi,
I am using gcc v4.0.2 on fedora core 4 (2.6.16). Any reason why the
handler set thru' set_unexpected() never gets called in the
following
code?

--------- Code -------------

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <string>

void myHandler();
int main(int argc, char** argv);
int main(int argc, char** argv) {

std::set_unexpected(myHandler);

try {
throw std::string("This is an exception");
} catch (std::exception& ex) {
std::cout << "Expected exception caught" << std::endl;
}

}

void myHandler() {
std::cout << "Unexpected exception caught" << std::endl;
throw std::exception();
}

-------- Produces the following Output -------------

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::string'
Aborted

-------- End -----------------

This is as expected. :-)

The unexpected() handler is called when an exception, other that the
one(s) in the exception specification, leaves a function. It has
nothing to do with try-catch.

void function() throw(std::exception)
{
throw std::string("This would trigger it");
}
Bo Persson

[bb]

Thanks Bo Persson. I realized after playing around.