Yes MSVC has such a feature. It's very useful. I suspect that GDB/CDB may offer something similar via a a flag but this is the wrong place to ask.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks - the idea of putting the breakpoint on the exception constructor is > a useful idea in my case. > > Regarding the general utility of being able to break on all thrown > exceptions: I'd say it depends on how many different exception types you're > using, whether or not you're throwing any objects that don't even have > constructors ("int", for example), and what fraction of exceptions thrown > (by either your own code or 3rd party code) are the ones you want to catch. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Coda Highland > > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:27 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Qt-creator] Break on thrown exceptions? > > > > In general; this should not be a desirable feature, as > > C++-based libraries should be free to use exceptions > > internally without interfering with your application's functionality. > > > > If you're interested on breaking on a SPECIFIC exception I'm > > sure there are a number of ways this could be done. A > > breakpoint on the exception object's constructor would be one > > possible choice. Catching the exception, breaking in the > > catch block, and re-throwing after the breakpoint would be > > another way to handle it. > > > > /s/ Adam > > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM, Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC > > NWPT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does Qt Creator let me specify that during debugging, the > > program should break (e.g., a breakpoint is triggered) > > whenever a C++ exception is thrown? > > > > > > I'm currently using Qt Creator 1.2.1 and gdb 7.0. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Christian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Qt-creator mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qt-creator mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-creator mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-creator > >
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