Exception Handling + UNIX

[s0ul2squeeze]

does anyone in here know how to use exception handling on UNIX, when i compile it on Microsoft Visual my Code works, when i put the same code on UNIX, which i need to use it for because my teacher wants me to use unix, it wont work at all, someone please help ...

thanx

[s0ul2squeeze]

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[taylorguitarman]

how are you doing it?

usually it's just

try {
 /* possible problem code */
} 
catch(type1 arg) {
 /* do error stuff */
}
catch(type2 arg) {
 /* do error stuff */
}

Please post a more specific problem if this doesn't help.

[SilentStrike]

Do you know what compiler your teacher uses at school? Likely, it's GCC. You can get a free copy of GCC for windows (the easiest way is to download bloodshed dev-c++). You can still develop the code with msvc, but when you want to submit it, open it in dev c++ and see if it compiles. Likely, you are depending on some MSVC non-standard quirks that dev c++ will complain about, and that you can fix before submitting.

[Liam Battle]

I think you are reffering to porting your code from windows to unix. if so just make precompiler statements and when you compile your code just set the precompiler define statement for the platform to what ever system you are using at that time...

ie:
#define UNIX 1
#define MSVC 2

#if PLATFORM == UNIX
// .... do whatever for unix
#else
// ... do whatever for other supported compilers
#endif

[SilentStrike]

It's not even platform problems I am guessing, but rather compiler problems. For instance, the following is an error in standard C++, but MSVC will compile it fine

int main() {
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { // standard scope of i
    }
    // MSVC's scope of i
    for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { // valid in MSVC, not in standard C++ 
    }
    return 0;
}