I was doing a little sample program so I could get the hang of the syntax for a function try block in VS.NET 2003, and I noticed some behavior that I didn't expect. Here's the little program I was dealing with:
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
class Foo
{
public:
Foo( int i ) : num( i )
{
throw ( "exception" ); // purposely thrown for test purposes
}
private:
int num;
};
class Bar
{
public:
Bar() try : foo( 5 )
{
}
catch ( ... )
{
cout << "Bar::bar() handler" << endl;
}
private:
Foo foo;
};
int main()
{
Bar bar;
return ( 0 );
}
When I build this small program and run it, the line "Bar::bar..." gets written to the console, but then I receive an unhandled exception error. I did this small mod to main:
int main()
{
try
{
Bar bar;
}
catch ( ... )
{
cout << "main() handler" << endl;
}
return ( 0 );
}
And now both lines are output to the console, which leads me to believe the exception is being rethrown for some reason. I thought using the function try block at Bar's constructor would stop the exception from being propagated any further. Do I have a wrong impression, or is this just some quirky non-standard behavior?
