Thread: Re: [GENERAL] division by zero

Re: [GENERAL] division by zero

From

"Merlin Moncure"

Date:

10 March 2003, 19:55:27

Doug Royer wrote:
> No, try/catch does not trap division by zero unless the underlying
> implementation throws an error there is nothing to catch.
>
I am absolutely 100% sure that you can catch int/0 with a try catch
handler (in c++) on windows platforms (when compiled with ms/borland
compiler).  All these weird issues are a direct result of windows's dos
legacy.  Try it and see.

Merlin

Re: [GENERAL] division by zero

From

Doug Royer

Date:

10 March 2003, 20:09:20


Merlin Moncure wrote:
> Doug Royer wrote:
> 
>>No, try/catch does not trap division by zero unless the underlying
>>implementation throws an error there is nothing to catch.
>>
> 
> I am absolutely 100% sure that you can catch int/0 with a try catch
> handler (in c++) on windows platforms (when compiled with ms/borland
> compiler).  All these weird issues are a direct result of windows's dos
> legacy.  Try it and see.


That must be a Microsoft extension - it is not standard c++.


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