The April DWG mentions, in the chapter on exception handling, a creature =
named
__function-try-block__. The idea, if I get it right, is to allow the =
constructor
of an assembly class to properly handle exceptions that might occur in =
the
constructors of its contained objects. Without this refinement (if the =
try block=20
is inside the ctor function block) the local handlers  will not catch it =
- only=20
handlers of the block that tried to create the object.=20
I think this is a great idea. Unfortuantely, the DWG refrains from =
bringing examples, and I am not sure I could read the BNF precisely. =
Does=20

 function-try-block:
  try ctor-initializer-opt function-body handler-seq

mean the following crazy piece of code?

 FileOfRecords::FileOfRecords(const char* name, int size)
  try {=09
  : m_file(name), m_buffer(size)
 {=20
  // do stuff
 } catch(...) {
  // handle error
 }

   Avner Ben avnerben@netvision.net.il


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