[PyQt] SIP default exception handler

[Sébastien Petitdemange]

Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:08:33 +0100, Sébastien Petitdemange
> <sebastien.petitdemange at esrf.fr> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are developing a C++ library that uses a single exception class
>> (Exception) for throwing errors.
>>
>> When wrapping the library with sip, we use the -e command line to
>> activate the try/catch code on each C++ call.
>>
>> However, our C++ code does not include the "throw(Exception)" modifier
>> on each class method, because virtually any method can throw this
>> exception, and it would be quite heavy to add it on every declaration.
>>
>> In this scenario, sip (v4.7.9) just include a default try {} catch (...)
>> { sipRaiseUnknownException }, so Python reports "Exception: Unknown".
>>
>> Is there a way to specify a default exception handler to sip, so the
>> generated code in this case would like something like:
>>
>>   try {
>>       // C++ call
>>   } catch (OurDefaultException& e) {
>>       ...
>>       sipRaiseClassException(sipclass_OurDefaultException ... );
>>   } catch (...) {
>>       sipRaiseUnknownException();
>>   }
> 
> I've added support for a /Default/ exception annotation in tonight's
> snapshot. Untested - let me know if it's not quite right.
> 
> Phil
> 

Thanks a lot, I'll test that and let you know.

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