Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/04/12/04:55:59
"Thomas J. Hruska" wrote:
>
> As I was writing a program, I accidentally came across the following keyword:
>
> try
>
> I checked to see if there was help available on this keyword in both
> RHIDE's docs and also to see if Borland Turbo C/C++ v3.1 had the same
> keyword. Both IDEs have the same keyword, but neither have documentation
> on it. I searched my C/C++ books for such a keyword and I can't find
> anything.
>
> Is this just a bug? If not, what does 'try' do? I can't figure this out.
> I will check one other IDE tomorrow (Monday) to see if the same thing
> happens in a later version of Borland C/C++ (4.5, I think).
>
Turbo C/C++ 3.1 is 10 years old or so. The C++ standardisation project
was recently finished. And the result is a language that is pretty
different from the one you find in old compilers as Turbo C/C++ 3.1
You should grab a recent C++ book and read about all the new and not so
new features, such as templates, STL, namespaces, exception handling
etc.
"try" IS indeed a keyword just as "int". It is part of the C++ exception
handling mechanism.
But again: Read a book about it. Standard C++ offers many advanced
features over the C++ that existed just 5 years ago.
--
David Rasmussen
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