On Sunday 12 September 2004 08:16, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:46:47 -0400
Theoretically, a program written in C++ that adheres to the C++ standards should be portable, but we all know that various systems tend to add "features". C++ also supports signals. There are also standard exceptions that are defined in C++. (Look at the header file stdexcept). But, in any case, there is a catch all clause.
Looking over the ISO/IEC 14882:2003 discussion on signals I have the
impression that signals and exceptions are intentionally placed on either
side of the C/C++ fence. The support for signal handling in C++ is inherited
from