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Not many changes here to <code class="filename">cstdlib</code>. You should note that the
<code class="function">abort()</code> function does not call the
destructors of automatic nor static objects, so if you're
depending on those to do cleanup, it isn't going to happen.
(The functions registered with <code class="function">atexit()</code>
don't get called either, so you can forget about that
possibility, too.)
</p><p>
The good old <code class="function">exit()</code> function can be a bit
funky, too, until you look closer. Basically, three points to
remember are:
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist"><li class="listitem"><p>
Static objects are destroyed in reverse order of their creation.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Functions registered with <code class="function">atexit()</code> are called in
reverse order of registration, once per registration call.
(This isn't actually new.)
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The previous two actions are <span class="quote"><span class="quote">interleaved,</span></span> that is,
given this pseudocode:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
extern "C or C++" void f1 (void);
extern "C or C++" void f2 (void);
static Thing obj1;
atexit(f1);
static Thing obj2;
atexit(f2);
</pre><p>
then at a call of <code class="function">exit()</code>,
<code class="varname">f2</code> will be called, then
<code class="varname">obj2</code> will be destroyed, then
<code class="varname">f1</code> will be called, and finally
<code class="varname">obj1</code> will be destroyed. If
<code class="varname">f1</code> or <code class="varname">f2</code> allow an
exception to propagate out of them, Bad Things happen.
</p></li></ol></div><p>
Note also that <code class="function">atexit()</code> is only required to store 32
functions, and the compiler/library might already be using some of
those slots. If you think you may run out, we recommend using
the <code class="function">xatexit</code>/<code class="function">xexit</code> combination from <code class="literal">libiberty</code>, which has no such limit.
</p></div><div class="section" title="Verbose Terminate Handler"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="support.termination.verbose"/>Verbose Terminate Handler</h3></div></div></div><p>
If you are having difficulty with uncaught exceptions and want a
little bit of help debugging the causes of the core dumps, you can
make use of a GNU extension, the verbose terminate handler.
</p><pre class="programlisting">
#include &lt;exception&gt;
int main()
{
std::set_terminate(__gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler);
...
throw <em class="replaceable"><code>anything</code></em>;
}
</pre><p>
The <code class="function">__verbose_terminate_handler</code> function
obtains the name of the current exception, attempts to demangle
it, and prints it to stderr. If the exception is derived from
<code class="classname">exception</code> then the output from
<code class="function">what()</code> will be included.
</p><p>
Any replacement termination function is required to kill the
program without returning; this one calls abort.
</p><p>
For example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
#include &lt;exception&gt;
#include &lt;stdexcept&gt;
struct argument_error : public std::runtime_error
{
argument_error(const std::string&amp; s): std::runtime_error(s) { }
};
int main(int argc)
{
std::set_terminate(__gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler);
if (argc &gt; 5)
throw argument_error(<span class="quote"><span class="quote">argc is greater than 5!</span></span>);
else
throw argc;
}
</pre><p>
With the verbose terminate handler active, this gives:
</p><pre class="screen">
<code class="computeroutput">
% ./a.out
terminate called after throwing a `int'
Aborted
% ./a.out f f f f f f f f f f f
terminate called after throwing an instance of `argument_error'
what(): argc is greater than 5!
Aborted
</code>
</pre><p>
The 'Aborted' line comes from the call to
<code class="function">abort()</code>, of course.
</p><p>
This is the default termination handler; nothing need be done to
use it. To go back to the previous <span class="quote"><span class="quote">silent death</span></span>
method, simply include <code class="filename">exception</code> and
<code class="filename">cstdlib</code>, and call
</p><pre class="programlisting">
std::set_terminate(std::abort);
</pre><p>
After this, all calls to <code class="function">terminate</code> will use
<code class="function">abort</code> as the terminate handler.
</p><p>
Note: the verbose terminate handler will attempt to write to
stderr. If your application closes stderr or redirects it to an
inappropriate location,
<code class="function">__verbose_terminate_handler</code> will behave in
an unspecified manner.
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