Re: [Quantlib-dev] catching access violation, compiler settings and xl addin crash.

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

On Fri, 2010-06-11 at 09:49 +0800, P Nelnik wrote:
> Due to the current quantlib compiler settings, access violations are
> not caught with catch(...)
> as a result we can have some rather ungraceful crashes.
> 
> I wonder are there reasons why the settings are the way they are?

I don't think there's a particular reason.  It might have been ported
from an earlier compiler version, or the compiler defaults.  We just
didn't give it much thought.


> I'd suggest changing the settings.
> To do this in MS Visual C++ 2008, click on:
>    Project -> Properties -> Configuration Properties -> C/C++ -> Code
> Generatoin
> and set:  
>    Enable C++ Exceptions  
> to 
>    Yes With SEH Exceptions (/EHa)
> rather than
>    Yes ( /EHsc)

Ok, I'll do it for next release.  Does the setting just add some
error-catching code, or is there any binary-compatibility issue to be
aware of?

Luigi


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