Re: C++ exceptions on x86
- From: Uri Cohen <uri.cohen@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:01:07 +0300
Just to make sure I got it: if lua code calls into C++ and lua_error needs
to be raised from C++, no try-catch allowed between the lua code and the
function which issue the lua_error, inclusive.
And also automatically destroyed objects will not be destroyed there?
Thanks again,
Uri
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Mike Pall <mike-1205@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Uri Cohen wrote:
> > I'm running luajit on x86 and hit the issue of interoperability for C++
> > Exceptions mentioned in the documentation<
> http://luajit.org/extensions.html>
> > .
> > I didn't quite followed what's the recommended way to handle lua_error in
> > C++...
> >
> > Specifically, I have c++ (1) calling into lua calling back into c++ (2).
> An
> > exception is thrown deep in (2), and as I don't want to pass it into lua
> I
> > catch it in c++ (2) and raise lua_error. This messes up the SEH and
> causes
> > access violation when handling the lua_error at c++ (1), when the code
> > there tries to raise an exception about the error. What's the recommended
> > solution there?
>
> Somebody got my suggested workaround to run:
>
> http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2010-10/msg00521.html
>
> But please note: the _calling_ function must run lua_error, the
> _called_ function must use try/catch and communicate it back, e.g.
> through the return value. No functions in the stack up to the
> calling functions may use try/catch or finalizers.
>
> Yes, I know, this is a rather annoying workaround. But the SEH
> patent stops me from doing anything about that.
>
> --Mike
>
>
--
Uri Cohen
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