Re: Inheriting from exception

[red floyd]

Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
> Marco wrote:
> > The following code compiles with Microsoft Visual Studio but not with
> > GNU (version 3.3.3 running on Linux). Is there a way to inhert from
> > exception in GNU?
>
> How about you tell us the exact errormessage? It might also be worth
> reporting the version of the comparison environment.
>
>
> > #include <iostream>
> > #include <exception>
> >
> > class Toto : public exception
>
> 1st mistake (as already pointed out) it's std::exception.
>
> > {
> > public:
> >         virtual const char* what() { return "tutu";}
>
> This function signature is simply wrong.
To be more precise:
1. The virtual is redundant.
2. The footprint should be:
      const char *what() const throw();


> > private:
> >
> > };