On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:16 PM, James Vogel <jvo...@vtiinstruments.com>wrote:
> Hello -- > > Trying to use pybindgen.gccxmlparser, and running into an issue with > exception handling. > > I have a virtual class that declares > virtual int throw_error() throw (std::exception); > and a non-virtual class that extends the virtual class and overrides > throw_an_error to throw an actual error. I run the module parser and > generate foo.cpp. When I build foo.cpp, it has a build error: > "looser throw specifier for 'virtual int > PyNon_virtual_class__PythonHelper::throw_error()' overriding 'virtual int > non_virtual_class::throw_error() throw (std::exception)" > > If I remove the function declaration from the virtual class (so that the > implementation is not overriding an inherited method), it works correctly. > Similarly, if I go into foo.cpp and manually add 'throw (std::exception)' to > the relevant declarations, it works, so I suspect there's something afoot in > the gccxml parsing that isn't picking up the throw clause in the virtual > class; I'm just not sure if there's an annotation I might be missing, or > some other issue. > > Anyone seen this before? > I have not seen it because I have never tested it. The generated helper class is missing the "throw (exception)" in the declaration of the overridden virtual method. Sounds like a bug --> https://bugs.launchpad.net/pybindgen/+filebug Although, please note that translation of Python exceptions into C++ is not implemented yet, only in the C++ to Python direction. -- Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro INESC Porto, UTM, WiN, http://win.inescporto.pt/gjc "The universe is always one step beyond logic." -- Frank Herbert
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