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From:	Lewis Hyatt <lhyatt AT princeton DOT edu>
Subject:	Re: 1.5.24-2: zero-length write() and ioctl() on fd -1 cause crashes
Date:	Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:33:11 -0400
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> $ cat ex.cpp
> #include <stdexcept>
> int main() {
>  try {
>   throw new std::exception();
>  } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
>   return 1;
>  }
>  return 0;
> }

You are throwing a pointer and trying to catch a reference, so the 
exception never gets caught at all, which causes the program to abort. 
You should should do

	throw std::exception();

instead.

-Lewis


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