How does throwing and catching exceptions differ from using setjmp and longjmp?
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Answer / nikhil upadhyay
The throw operation calls the destructors for automatic objects instantiated since entry to the try block.
Exceptions are in the mainstream of C++ now, so most programmers, if they are familiar with setjmp and longjmp, should know the difference. Both idioms return a program from the nested depths of multiple function calls to a defined position higher in the program. The program stack is "unwound" so that the state of the program, with respect to function calls and pushed arguments, is restored as if the calls had not been made. C++ exception handling adds to that behavior the orderly calls to the destructors of automatic objects that were instantiated as the program proceeded from within the try block toward where the throw expression is evaluated.
Applicants might think you want to hear about the notational differences between the two idioms. Let them proceed to explain the syntax of try blocks, catch exception handlers, and throw expressions. Then ask them specifically what happens in a throw that does not happen in a longjmp. Their answer should reflect an understanding of the behavior described in the previous answer.
One valid reason for not knowing about exception handling is that the applicant's experience is exclusively with older C++ compilers that do not implement exception handling. I would prefer that they have at least heard of exception handling, though. Another marginally acceptable reason is that their former supervisors and designers did not mandate and specify the use of exception handling in programs. In that case get the names of those supervisors and designers so that you can decline their applications if they should come a'knocking.
It is not unusual for C and C++ programmers to be unfamiliar with setjmp/
longjmp. Those constructs are not particularly intuitive. A C programmer who has written recursive descent parsing algorithms will certainly be familiar with setjmp/longjmp. Others might not, and that's acceptable. In that case, they won't be able to discuss how setjmp/longjmp differs from C++ exception handling, but let the interview turn into a discussion of C++ exception handling in general. That conversation will reveal a lot about a programmer's understanding of C++.
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