Hi Sergio, > Should this be an error? gcc does not complain about that. It's an error. It's a runtime error, not something GCC will complain about. >Quoting the manual, is it a "Regrettable thing we can't change" or a "Known problem"? In my opinion, a known "C++ exceptions are not as nice as Java exceptions, and I wish they were" regrettable thing we can't change. HTH, --Eljay