[Cppunit-devel] Signal handling in Linux

[Robert W. <ro...@po...>]

Hi,

I expect some of my tests to access a null pointer and thus to raise a
signal (SIGSGV). I would like to thow an Exception on arrival of any
signal to avoid it terminating the program and instead be recorded
as a failed or succeded test run.
The C++=A0standard does not allow any C++ features being used in
signal handler functions, especially no exceptions.
I really do not like using a global variable (or singleton) which I=20
check at the end of the test.
Can anybody please point me to a more elegant solution?
Is there perhaps some kind of compiler setting to map signals to
exceptions by default (I use g++)?

Thanks in advance

Robert