Re: C++ in kernel (was Re: exception in a device driver)

Chip Salzenberg (chip@perlsupport.com)
Sat, 16 Jan 1999 13:31:44 -0500


According to Oliver Xymoron:

> tmp=current->next();
> current->next(add);
> add->next(tmp);
> add->prev(current);
> if(tmp) tmp->prev(add);
>
> What happens to our list if _any_ of the above member functions throw an
> unexpected exception?

If your point is that destructor-based cleanup doesn't cover
everything -- well, it's a fair cop. But manual cleanup with 'try'
and 'catch' is the obvious case; I thought it was necessary to
demonstrate the destructor-based approach, since it covers lots of
things and is much easier to verify correct.

-- 
Chip Salzenberg      - a.k.a. -      <chip@perlsupport.com>
      "When do you work?"   "Whenever I'm not busy."

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