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Re: Unifying Exception types in setup


On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 02:24, Max Bowsher wrote:

> >> Unfortunately, we will require multiple toplevel catch blocks: One
> >> in each WndProc and thread initiation routine.
> 
> Actually, I've just read about set_terminate(), and I'm not so sure about
> this now.
> 
> I wonder how exceptions interact with WndProcs. Will they stop unwinding
> when they reach the end of the applications code, or will they unwind
> through the guts of Windows, and (maybe?) emerge back in main?
>
>
>  Does it matter?

Yes.

Rob
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