RE: [GD-Windows] Beep error on exit

[Jon W. <hp...@mi...>]

I do something like this in my assert-like code, just to avoid 
the problems with windows contexts and threads and message 
handlers.

#define ENSURE(x)  ((x) || *(volatile char *)0)

Cheers,

			/ h+

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam...@li...
> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Brian Hook
> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:13 PM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] Beep error on exit
> 
> 
> I figured out what was causing the beep, sort of.  It was, in fact,
> because of static object destructors.  Specifically, it was some debug
> code that basically did this:
> 
> Sprite::~Sprite()
> {
>    VERIFY( m_pData == 0 ); //make sure we've freed up our memory
> }
> 
> The VERIFY was failing (because the memory wasn't freed up), but instead
> of throwing up a messagebox like it should have, it just beeped and
> died.  I had to walk the exit handler chain and step through the
> disassembly to find this -- for some reason setting breakpoints in the
> destructors wasn't working.
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
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