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From: murphy@photon.mpr.ca (Gail Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ Constructor Failing
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Date: 31 Oct 90 22:39:06 GMT
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Is there a way to gracefully fail out of a C++ constructor 
ensuring all memory is tidied up?

For instance, suppose class FOO takes two integer values in
its constructor.  For FOO to be validly defined, integer 1 must
be less than integer 2.  However, at some point, a FOO constructor
is called with integer 2 greater than integer 1.

How can this be caught and handled without exceptions?  Can it?

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