From -1323683357590518490 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,9723061da44e5214 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: "Paul D. DeRocco" Subject: Re: Exception while throwing an exception? Date: 1999/09/08 Message-ID: <37D5F815.5370E6D1@ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 522446501 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <37D3E50E.A13D8AFC@prodigy.net> X-Original-Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 01:45:57 -0400 X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: news@news.unimelb.edu.au X-Trace: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au 936778354 21610 128.250.37.153 (8 Sep 1999 08:12:34 GMT) Organization: Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUAN9Yaa+EDnX0m9pzZAQFYEAF8DqeetqWF/Cl0lsV3GqId+LrFOr5jkGym DSs3IQJJNvFnJ8VZxNsXUVVZjhufQgO9 =swIt Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Sep 1999 08:12:34 GMT Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ "Siemel B. Naran" wrote: > > On 6 Sep 1999 20:53:57 GMT, Andy Larson wrote: > > >What is the required behavior when the constructor of an exception > >object throws an exception? For example, if an exception is thrown as > >in > > The required behaviour is a call to std::terminate(). I disagree. 15.5.1 only says that terminate() will be called if a second exception is thrown once an exception has been thrown, which hasn't yet happened if the constructor of an object to be thrown generates its own exception. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com --- [ 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://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]