Re: Unable to catch Gdk::PixbufError

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 12:53 +0100, J B C Engelen ewi utwente nl wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am an Inkscape developer and have problems with
> Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file.
>
> This is the code we have:
>
>     try {
>         img = Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file(fileName);
>     }
>     catch (Glib::FileError & e)
>     {
>         g_message("caught Glib::FileError in SVGPreview::showImage");
>         return;
>     }
>     catch (Gdk::PixbufError & e)
>     {
>         g_message("Gdk::PixbufError in SVGPreview::showImage");
>         return;
>     }
>     catch (...)
>     {
>         g_message("Caught ... in SVGPreview::showImage");
>         return;
>     }
>
> Unfortunately *none* of the catchers actually catch Gdk::PixbufError
> exception, not even 'catch (...)' ). Inkscape crashes with:

You should generally catch C++ exceptions as const references. I've
known this to be significant in the past.

gtkmm-list is usually a better place for C++ questions, by the way.

> terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gdk::PixbufError'
>
> Can anybody shed some light on this?

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