[PyKDE] Handling exceptions in SIP

[Phil Thompson]

On Monday 06 June 2005 5:23 pm, Denis S. Otkidach wrote:
> I hope it's correct place to ask general questions about SIP.
>
> Am I correct that automatic exception handling in SIP is useless?  I see
> several problems with it.  First, the code for method with signature
> "void error() throw (exception);" is:
>
>     try
>     {
>     sipCpp -> Test::error();
>     }
>     catch (exception &e)
>     {
>             /* Hope that there is a valid copy ctor. */
>             exception *sipCpp = new exception(e);
>
>             sipRaiseClassException(sipClass_exception,sipCpp);
>             return NULL;
>     }
>
> The copy of exception is generated and important information is lost (in
> fact, std::exception used above is never raised itself, but holds what()
> virtual method redefined in subclasses).
>
> Second, the only way to map C++ exception to python object is wrapping
> exception class, %MappedType doesn't work.  But then I see no way to
> subclass standard Exception class.
>
> Am I missing something?

SIP's exception support was added by a user - I've never used it myself. 
Suggestions for improvements always welcome.

Phil