From:	"Carolyn Kelly-Pajot" <dehacked72 AT nospam DOT hotmail DOT com>
References:	<6636s7$hrb AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>
Subject:	Re: DJGPP, GCC, and throw, try, catch
Date:	Wed, 3 Dec 1997 18:44:13 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote in message <6636s7$hrb AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>...
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>
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>Does GCC/DJGPP support C++ exceptions; that is to say, the throw statement
>and the try...catch block? If so, in what ways if any does it deviate from
>the standard?
>
>(I searched the FAQ from contents to index using Internet Exploder's "Find
>(on this page)..." under such items as "exception", "throw", and "C++" and
>failed to find one single reference to C++ exceptions in the entire
>monolithic document. (Yes, I used the real FAQ, the one that has a mass one
>fourth the size of our moon, rather then the so-called "mini" FAQ
>posted in the newsgroup.) There was plenty on C++, there was plenty about
>exceptions (but all CPU rather than C++ exceptions), and only one of the
>word "throw", in the very first question, "How to capture all the error
>messages GCC throws at me". So don't tell me to read the bloody FAQ! :-))
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You can. Just tr this code:

#include <iostream.h>
int main()
{
   cout << "I am gonna throw something like a pitcher!\n";
   try
   {
      throw (char*)"Strike 1!";
   }
   catch(char *msg) // catch error and give it a name
   {
      cout << "Error: " << msg;
   }
   cout << "Done.\n";
}


C:\DJGPP>gcc throw.cc -o throw.exe -fhandle-exceptions -lstdcx -lgpp -liostr

You may or may not need all these libraries - I have not really experimented
yet. GCC said that throw, catch, try were C++ words, and to use them, tell
it -fhandle-exceptions.

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