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Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:37:36 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject:	RE: Cygwin Setup: Fatal Error: Uncaught Exception
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On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> Igor wrote:
>
> > I've looked at this a bit.  Here's the weird part: the error
> > says "Uncaught Exception", but all the throws of that
> > exception appear to be properly wrapped in try/catch blocks.
> > So a simple "change exception into an mbox" kind of solution
> > won't work here.  More debugging is needed.
>
>   That's because the io_stream code throws an invalid_argument, which is
> derived from std::exception, but our code only catches Exception, which
> is our custom exception type.

Nope.  It's the same old Exception, and it is indeed uncaught -- I just
missed one use.  See the rest of the thread, plus the patch on
cygwin-apps.
	Igor
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