BUG: Compiler Error C2143 on Function-Try-Block Syntax

• The C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE), included with:
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The following error messages may appear if you try to use the function-try-block syntax.

error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'try'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'try'
error C2065: 'ii' : undeclared identifier
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'try'
error C2448: 'Unknown' : function-style initializer appears to be a function definition
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'catch'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
error C2447: missing function header (old-style formal list?)

CAUSE

The compiler does not support the function-try-block syntax as specified in the C++ Standard (section 15) quoted below:

-3- A function-try-block associates a handler-seq with the ctor-initializer, if present, and the function-body. An exception thrown during the execution of the initializer expressions in the ctor-initializer or during the execution of the function-body transfers control to a handler in a function-try-block in the same way as an exception thrown during the execution of a try-block transfers control to other handler.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

//test.cpp
// compiler option needed: /GX
int f(int);
class C {
	int i;
public:
	C(int);
};

C::C(int ii)
try
: i(f(ii))
{
	//  constructor function body
}
catch (...)
{
	//  handles exceptions thrown from the ctor-initializer
	//  and from the constructor function body
}
 

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbCompiler kbCPPonly kbLangCPP kbVC600 kbVC600bug
Version : winnt:6.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug