Static constructors & Exceptions / & FileConduit

chris warwick Joined: 03/12/07 Posts: 7

Posted: 03/15/07 16:33:08 Seems any exceptions that occur during static construction aren't caught and reported by Tango.. Im not sure whether this is by design or not but i think it'd be usefull if they were. cw

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sean Joined: 06/24/04 Posts: 109	Posted: 03/15/07 19:38:27 That's weird. They should be. _moduleCtor() is called within the compiler runtime's try block.
chris warwick Joined: 03/12/07 Posts: 7	Posted: 03/15/07 20:16:09 When i compile this it just exits straight out with no message. Actualy a bit more experimenting and it doesnt seem to be catching exceptions at all. I move the file conduit line int to main() or put assert(false) in main() and it didnt catch that either. import tango.io.FileConduit?; int main() { return 0; } class Foo { static this() { auto FileConduit? file = new FileConduit?("C:\\this file deosnt exit.erm");; } }
sean Joined: 06/24/04 Posts: 109	Posted: 03/16/07 00:46:42 Hm... works for me :p It's worth mentioning, however, that the message display format depends on whether the file member is null. If it is null then e.toUtf8 is called, which by default simply returns msg. If it is not null then the exception prints with the following format: "file(line): msg" This latter format is probably what you're used to. Here's an example of how to generate it: void main() { return 0; } static this() { throw new Exception( "Danger! Danger!", __FILE__, __LINE__ ); } Prints: C:\code\src\d\test>test test.d(8): Danger! Danger!
chris warwick Joined: 03/12/07 Posts: 7	Posted: 03/16/07 02:07:22 Never mind, it's me being a f***wit, the error message is going to the console but cause im clicking on test.exe i dont get time to see it. I was just used to getting a message box on screen with dmd phobos, cause i'd started with the winsamp example. It's funny realy, learning D has been easy and intuative (so far), it's learning to use command line tools and linking and all that stuff has caused me hours of head scratching. cw