source: tests/exceptions/message.cfa@ f32448e

// Use of the exception system where we provide our own functions.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
// Using collections/string.hfa leads to a resolution error on snprintf.

exception BadIndexException {
        int value;
        int size;
        char * message;
};

const char * virtual_msg(BadIndexException * this) {
        return this->virtual_table->msg(this);
}

// Array length calculated to ususually be big enough.
const size_t msg_size = 52;

char * format_bad_index(int value, int size) {
        char * out = (char *)(void *)malloc(msg_size + 1);
        snprintf(out, msg_size,
                "Out of Range Index %d (expected less than %d)", value, size);
        return out;
}

const char * msg(BadIndexException * this) {
        if (this->message) {
                free(this->message);
        }
        this->message = format_bad_index(this->value, this->size);
        return this->message;
}

void copy(BadIndexException * dst, BadIndexException * src) {
        // This is an easy detail to miss, you have to copy the table over.
        dst->virtual_table = src->virtual_table;

        dst->value = src->value;
        dst->size = src->size;
        dst->message = (src->message) ? strndup(src->message, msg_size) : 0p;
}

void ^?{}(BadIndexException & this) {
        free(this.message);
}

vtable(BadIndexException) arrayIndex = {
        .msg = msg,
        .copy = copy,
        .^?{} = ^?{},
};

// This is not supposed to be a real range check, but that's the idea:
void failRangeCheck(int index, int size) {
        throw (BadIndexException){ &arrayIndex, index, size };
}

int atDefault(int fallback) {
        try {
                failRangeCheck(10, 8);
        } catch (BadIndexException * error) {
                printf("%s\n", virtual_msg(error));
        }
        return fallback;
}

int main() {
        int value = atDefault(5);
        printf("%d\n", value);
}