kk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> char *str = 0;
>
> try
> {
> // int i = 0;
> // int j = 1/i; // Uncommenting this would not go into
> catch block. But gives "Floating Point Exception"
Division by 0 is undefined behavior. A platform may transform it into
an exception, but that certainly isn't a requirement.
> strstr(str,"hello"); // str is NULL -> exception!
Passing 0 here is undefined behavior. A platform ...
In both cases, the program is in an invalid state after the attempted
operation, and IMHO, anything but immediate termination of the program
is (at least) weird.
> Similar code was tried using VC++ on a windows system. It works. i.e,
> control does move to the catch block and execute as expected.
But in general, there is no telling how the program will behave.
_______________________________________________
help-gplusplus mailing list
help-gplusplus@gnu.org
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus
