The use of C++ exception handling constructs: A comprehensive study

• Published in: 2015 IEEE 15th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM) pp. 21 - 30
• Main Authors: Bonifacio, Rodrigo, Carvalho, Fausto, Ramos, Guilherme N., Kulesza, Uira, Coelho, Roberta
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Data collection; Java; Libraries; Open source software; Semantics; Time factors

Exception handling (EH) is a well-known mechanism that aims at improving software reliability in a modular way - allowing a better separation between the code that deals with exceptional conditions and the code that deals with the normal control flow of a program. Although the exception handling mec...