From 3444687590748227181 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,972722ed514d508a X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-07-26 14:49:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: try block as main block of a function Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:48:04 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <3b6061b5.1188820@news.terra.es> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 996184089 mail2news:28898 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Lines: 45 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:6755 In article <3b6061b5.1188820@news.terra.es>, J. Daniel Garcia Sanchez writes >Could anybody tell me if this is legal ? > >void f() >try { > do_something(); >} >catch (...) { > handle_my_errors(); >} > >Or should I write? > >void f() >{ > try { > do_something(); > } > catch (...) { > handle_my_errors(); > } >} > >I've seen the former in a book, but my compiler (MSVC++ 6.0) only >accepts the latter. Well they are actually different things, and I would not advocate the version that wraps an entire function in a try block (it fell out of the grammar change to allow wrapping a ctor-init list in a try block, which is sometimes necessary. I am not surprised that an old compiler like VC++6 doesn't understand it (and I would not blame MS for that). Francis Glassborow ACCU 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]