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To: Eduardo M Kalinowski <ekalin AT iname DOT com>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:36:40 +0300
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Subject: Re: C++ Exception Support
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On 21 Sep 99, at 10:23, Eduardo M Kalinowski wrote:

> In article <7s0l5p$fpc$1 AT solomon DOT cs DOT rose-hulman DOT edu>,
>   "Damian Yerrick" <reply DOT at DOT your DOT own DOT risk AT pineight DOT 8m DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > > I was trying to run a C++ program compiled that uses exceptions, but
> > I didn't post the source code.
> >
> > The custom here on comp.os.msdos.djgpp and most other
> > programming newsgroups is to post the smallest code fragment
> > that produces the error. Post your source and we'll fix it. Don't
> > post your source and we won't fix it because we're not psychic
> > and we can't see the problem.
> 
>     I didn't post the source because I was describing a problem not
> relevant to that specific code, but a general failure. Anyway, here is
> the smallest fragment that will trigger the error:
> 
> ---start---
> #include <fstream.h>
> 
> int
> main()
> {
>   try {
>     throw "Test";
>   } catch (char *e) {
>     cout << "Exception caught: " << e;
>   }
> 
>   return 0;
> }
> ---end---

You are throwing const char * but trying to catch char *
Try catching const char:
	catch (const char * e) { cout << "Catched\n"; }

At least worked for me.

Andris