[Numpy-discussion] Proposed Roadmap Overview

[Charles R Harris]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:

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> > Why would you even see an exception if it is caught before it escapes? I
> would expect the C API to behave just as it currently does. What am I
> missing?
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> Structured exception handling in the OS.
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> MSVC uses SEH for C++ exceptions.
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> Memory allocation fails in gcc code. Instead of returning NULL, Windows
> jumps to the SEH handler set in the MSVC code... *poff*
>

But won't a C++ wrapper catch that?

Chuck
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