Intermediate C++ Game Programming Tutorial 22

In this video we learn how to use C++ exceptions to take our error handling to the next level. There is a lot of fear and ignorance surrounding exceptions among "C++ Programmers", and Chili's goal here is to elevate you guys above the shit-tier level to coders who can actually use this feature to its full extent. The second part of this tutorial will give concrete, practical examples of using exceptions in an actual game scenario.

Topics Covered

• Basic exception trying throwing and catching
• Exceptions 'bubbling up'
• Rethrowing with throw
• std::exception and its derivatives
• Polymorphism in exception handling
• catch(...)
• Throw by value, catch by const reference
• Exceptions and destructors
• noexcept and move constuctors vs. standard containers

Video Timestamp Index

Tutorial 22 Part 1

• Intro: exceptions are the main way of handling errors in C++ 0:10
  • Examples of its usage in the Framework, a good practice for working with any API
  • Everytime a Direct 3D Function is called, the return value is checked for error codes and handled
• Comparing error handling with and without exceptions 1:40
• WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Tutorial 22 Part 2

Extra Discussion

I had an interesting exchange with a viewer, and made a bit of a writeup here: essay time.

Source Code

• Sprite Github Repository (for Surface code)

See also

• Next in series (Tutorial 23)
• Intermediate C++ Game Programming Series