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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:10:49 +1000 (EST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Danny=20Smith?= <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: RE: c++ char exceptions
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Robert wrote:
>
> I don't know if this is a cygwin issue or if I am doing something
> fundamentally wrong...
>

You threw const char*

int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
  try
    {
      throw "catch this";
    }
  catch (const char *message) 
//       ^^^^^ 
    {
      return 1;
    }
  return 0;
}

>

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