Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/12/16/01:07:18
On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Tim Hughes wrote:
> I have NT4 SP3, egcs-1.1 and coolview.
>
> I am writing v. simple trial programs & I am not yet sure whether any of "try" "catch" "throw" "except" "finally" (all possibly with single or double underscore prefixes) are implemented.
>
> I have read stacks of mailing lists - could someone pls indicate a reference work, if any, to which the current implementations equate in terms of exception handling (eg Stan Lippman's C++ Primer edition 2 or edition 3) ?
There is no "finally" and "except" in the C++ language, and hence neither
is implemented in GCC. There is only "throw" and "catch" and there are no
underscores. If you want to use Microsoft's ad-hoc extensions, you need
to use their compiler or implement it in GCC and contribute it to the FSF.
You should definitely get a recent book on C++ and possibly a book on
STL if you're planning on writing any code in C++, and especially using
new'ish features that weren't there 4-5 years ago. I highly recommend the
following combination as a good starting point:
- C++ language and overview -- Bjarne Stroustrup 3rd edition
- Standard Template Library -- Matthew Austern (Just out. An
excellent book for newbies and experts alike)
Stroustrup's book should give you pretty good idea of what C++ exception
handling is, what the keywords are, and how to use it.
Regards,
Mumit
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