Re: [GENERAL] division by zero

Merlin Moncure wrote:
>
> 
> __try and __except, as far as I can tell are the only way to gracefully
> handle certain events.  There is also a __finally.  This is very much a
> Microsoft hack to C and not C++.
> 
> GetExceptionCode() is from the win32 api.
> 
> In C++, you get to use the much more standard try/catch system.

No, try/catch does not trap division by zero unless the underlying
implementation throws an error there is nothing to catch.

On Unix's trap for signal SIGFPE - standard POSIX.

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