I can't seem to find what the C++ compiler + library for the C6713 do with exceptions.
I know that the C++ new operator can throw exceptions, but it may also just return 0. However I cannot find what the TI compiler does.
And if I have an unhandled expection, what will my code do? Will it send a message to stdout or stderr? Wil it call abort() or exit()?
B.t.w. does anyone know of a nice overview of which C++ operators and functions can throw exceptions?
Basically my problem is that my application sometimes just stops working and I find it lurking in SYS_EXITFN. That is why I expect I have an unhandled exception somewhere. But I don't see anything in my Stdout window.
Any help is welcome,
Maarten Brock
I do not believe that you will receive any messages in the Stdout window unless you create a custom printf() message. I don't know of any good TI-published documents discussing this, but from what I can recall C++ exception handling is not nearly as powerful as Java exception handling. I think that the C++ implementation of exceptions does not automatically throw an exception; rather, the user code must be written such to check for problems and then throw an error (e.g., if (denominator == 0) throw dividebyzeroerror();).
I think that in DSP/BIOS systems there is an EXC module that can capture messages using the log message buffer, but this may be limited to C64x+ hardware. Maybe we can get someone else to come along and fill in the blanks for us.
-Tim
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Here's Chapter 7.11 from the Compiler Reference Guide (spru187n):
"The compiler supports all the C++ exception handling features as defined by the ISO 14882 C++Standard. More details are discussed in The C++ Programming Language, Third Edition by BjarneStroustrup.
The compiler --exceptions option enables exception handling. The compiler’s default is no exceptionhandling support.
For exceptions to work correctly, all C++ files in the application must be compiled with the --exceptionsoption, regardless of whether exceptions occur in a particular file. Mixing exception-enabled object filesand libraries with object files and libraries that do not have exceptions enabled can lead to undefinedbehavior. Also, when using --exceptions, you need to link with run-time-support libraries whose namecontains _eh. These libraries contain functions that implement exception handling.
Using --exceptions causes increases in code size and execution time, even if no exceptions are thrown."
The EXC module in BIOS is limited to 64x+ only. It's more of a "hardware thing" than a "C++ thing" though. For example, on 64x+ architecture if you execute an illegal instruction then it will generate a hardware exception. There is a check-box on the BIOS HWI module which allows you to enable the EXC module to automatically handle those exceptions for you. It's a nice feature, though not related to C++ exceptions.
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