Re: Crash during throw_func()

["Matt Hoosier" <matt hoosier gmail com>]

On 10/25/06, Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 19:18 -0500, Matt Hoosier wrote:
> [snip]
> >   std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> throw_func(GError* gobject)
> >   {
> >     Glib::Error* e = new Glib::Error(gobject);
> >     printf ("checkpoint 1..."); fflush (stdout);
> >     std::auto_ptr<Glib::Error> p(e); // this line crashes
> >     printf ("checkpoint 2..."); fflush (stdout); // never appears
> >     return p;
> >   }
> >
> > Any ideas why the construction of that auto_ptr would fail? I am
> > absolutely certain that the Glib::Error gets built; the first
> > checkpoint after it shows up.
>
> No, it looks fine. valgrind can probably give clues. Or you could put
> the patch somewhere for me to investigate.
>
> I am surprised that no Glib::Error exception is registered for
> gnome-vfsmm.

There's a separate Gnome::Vfs::exception [not registered as any kind
of wrapping] which inherits directly from Glib::Exception. Maybe this
should be rearranged to inherit from Glib::Error, but I suppose that
would break backward ABI compatibility.

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