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From: alfps@start.no (Alf P. Steinbach)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.realtime,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: C++ language support.
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:11:24 GMT
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* Martin Krischik:
> 
> The last fix I did was "throw ( ... )" - IBM accepts it. MS even warns you
> about missing features if you try anthing else. 

"throw (...)" is not standard C++ syntax.

 
> The GNU compiler immediately moaned about it. I checked the ISO standard and
> hey "throw ( ... )" isn't part of the ISO standart. You never stop
> learning!
> 
> So I changed to "throw ( std::exeption )" knowing that this will result in
> warnings in MS-C++ (and splint and pc-lint for that matter).

Why not "throw std::exception();", or, if you're rethrowing, "throw;".

Btw., could you Ada folks please stop spouting new disconnected threads or
else at least indicate wherever the hell your postings originated, perhaps
also with a note mentioning the crossposting.

-- 
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?