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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:01:25 +0200
Subject: Re: Undocumented Keyword...
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Thomas J. Hruska wrote:
> As I was writing a program, I accidentally came across the following keyword:
>
> try
>
> Is this just a bug?  If not, what does 'try' do?  I can't figure this out.

'try' is C++ keyword. It is used in construct
try
{
}
catch(...)
{
};

to establish mechanism for catching run-time exceptions. It is *very* usefull
and hevily used in STL. The best explanation I've seen is in:
Bjarne Stroustrup: "The C++ Programing Language", ISBN 0-201-53992-6

David