On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Sturla Molden <stu...@molden.no> wrote:
> > > > > > > Why would you even see an exception if it is caught before it escapes? I > would expect the C API to behave just as it currently does. What am I > missing? > > Structured exception handling in the OS. > > MSVC uses SEH for C++ exceptions. > > Memory allocation fails in gcc code. Instead of returning NULL, Windows > jumps to the SEH handler set in the MSVC code... *poff* > But won't a C++ wrapper catch that? Chuck
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