'exception' object in VS2005?

[Michael Bray]

I'm converting a project from VS2003 to VS2005, and one of the most common
errors that I'm getting is on my try/catch blocks, where I used to do:

try { ... }
catch (exception &e) { ... }

VS2005 is complaining that 'exception' isn't recognized... anyone know
what the resolution is to this?

TIA!

-mdb

[David Wilkinson]

Michael Bray wrote:

I'm converting a project from VS2003 to VS2005, and one of the most common
errors that I'm getting is on my try/catch blocks, where I used to do:

try { ... }
catch (exception &e) { ... }

VS2005 is complaining that 'exception' isn't recognized... anyone know
what the resolution is to this?

Michael:

#include <exception??
using namespace std; ??

--
David Wilkinson
Visual C++ MVP

[Bruno van Dooren]

>I'm converting a project from VS2003 to VS2005, and one of the most

>common errors that I'm getting is on my try/catch blocks, where I used to
do:

try { ... }
catch (exception &e) { ... }

VS2005 is complaining that 'exception' isn't recognized... anyone know
what the resolution is to this?

Michael:

#include <exception??
using namespace std; ??

I had the same problem once, and you'd have the same problem if you migrate
from VC2003 to gcc.
In VC2003, exceptions are in the global namespace. In VC2005 (and gcc I seem
to remember) they are in std. That why you are getting those errors.

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Kind regards,
Bruno van Dooren MVP - VC++
http://msmvps.com/blogs/vanDooren
br**********************@hotmail.com

[adebaene]

On Apr 25, 9:37 pm, Michael Bray
<[e-mail]:

I'm converting a project from VS2003 to VS2005, and one of the most common
errors that I'm getting is on my try/catch blocks, where I used to do:

try { ... }
catch (exception &e) { ... }

VS2005 is complaining that 'exception' isn't recognized... anyone know
what the resolution is to this?

If you are using the STL class, then it is in the std namespace : use
catch(std::exception& e)

Arnaud
MVP - VC

[Michael Bray]

Yup - it was the std:: namespace... Thanks everyone!

-mdb

>#include <exception??
using namespace std; ??

I had the same problem once, and you'd have the same problem if you
migrate from VC2003 to gcc.
In VC2003, exceptions are in the global namespace. In VC2005 (and gcc
I seem to remember) they are in std. That why you are getting those
errors.