void Lixo::lib_func() throw() { throw Lixo::ValidationException("Hello!"); } The above code, will result in a call to std::unexpected() and thus to std::terminare() and from there abort() resulting in the application exiting without the stack unwinding to main(). By specifying that the method 'lib_func()' throws nothing 'throw()' any thrown exception (because they are all unexpected) should generate a call to std::unexpected(). Martin. -----Original Message----- From: gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gcc-help-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joao Luis Pinto Sent: 06 December 2004 03:05 To: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Exception thrown from multithreaded shared lib not caught in main Hello again, Following my previously presented problem, I have built an example that replicates the problem: http://jpinto.homeip.net/~jpinto/lixo-0.1.0.tar.gz Just run ./configure && make check It builds a shared library with a function that throws an exception, and an executable that calls the library function. Aparently multi-threading is not the issue. The problem is that the exception is never caught in main(), and unhandled() gets called. Tested with g++-3.3.4 and g++-3.4.2 (Debian testing x86). Thank you for your time. João Luis