Get rid of setjmp/longjmp for error handling in favor of exceptions.

Fatalerror now maps to throwing an exception. Requires a full
recompile.

src/emu/clifront.c

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "romload.h"
 #include "sound/samples.h"
 
+#include <new>
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 #ifdef MESS
@@ -111,13 +112,15 @@ static const options_entry cli_options[] =
 
 int cli_execute(int argc, char **argv, const options_entry *osd_options)
 {
-	core_options *options;
+	core_options *options = NULL;
 	astring *gamename = astring_alloc();
 	astring *exename = astring_alloc();
 	const char *gamename_option;
 	const game_driver *driver;
-	int result;
+	int result = MAMERR_FATALERROR;
 
+	try
+	{
 		/* initialize the options manager and add the CLI-specific options */
 		options = mame_options_init(osd_options);
 		options_add_entries(options, cli_options);
@@ -168,9 +171,29 @@ int cli_execute(int argc, char **argv, const options_entry *osd_options)
 
 		/* run the game */
 		result = mame_execute(options);
+	}
+	catch (emu_fatalerror &fatal)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", fatal.string());
+		if (fatal.exitcode() != 0)
+			result = fatal.exitcode();
+	}
+	catch (emu_exception &exception)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Caught unhandled emulator exception\n");
+	}
+	catch (std::bad_alloc &)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory!\n");
+	}
+	catch (...)
+	{
+		fprintf(stderr, "Caught unhandled exception\n");
+	}
 
 error:
 	/* free our options and exit */
+	if (options != NULL)
 		options_free(options);
 	astring_free(gamename);
 	astring_free(exename);

src/emu/config.c

@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ int config_load_settings(running_machine *machine)
 		astring_free(fname);
 
 		if (filerr != FILERR_NONE)
-			fatalerror("Could not load controller file %s.cfg", controller);
+			throw emu_fatalerror("Could not load controller file %s.cfg", controller);
 
 		/* load the XML */
 		if (!config_load_xml(machine, file, CONFIG_TYPE_CONTROLLER))
-			fatalerror("Could not load controller file %s.cfg", controller);
+			throw emu_fatalerror("Could not load controller file %s.cfg", controller);
 		mame_fclose(file);
 	}
 

src/emu/mame.c

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
         mame_execute() [mame.c]
             - calls mame_validitychecks() [validity.c] to perform validity checks on all compiled drivers
-            - calls setjmp to prepare for deep error handling
             - begins resource tracking (level 1)
             - calls create_machine [mame.c] to initialize the running_machine structure
             - calls init_machine() [mame.c]
@@ -87,8 +86,8 @@
 #include "streams.h"
 #include "debug/debugcon.h"
 
+#include <new>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#include <setjmp.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 
@@ -153,10 +152,6 @@ struct _mame_private
 	region_info	*	regionlist;
 	tagmap *		regionmap;
 
-	/* error recovery and exiting */
-	jmp_buf			fatal_error_jmpbuf;
-	int				fatal_error_jmpbuf_valid;
-
 	/* random number seed */
 	UINT32			rand_seed;
 
@@ -298,10 +293,8 @@ int mame_execute(core_options *options)
 
 		init_resource_tracking();
 
-		/* use setjmp/longjmp for deep error recovery */
-		mame->fatal_error_jmpbuf_valid = TRUE;
-		error = setjmp(mame->fatal_error_jmpbuf);
-		if (error == 0)
+		/* use try/catch for deep error recovery */
+		try
 		{
 			int settingsloaded;
 
@@ -372,7 +365,23 @@ int mame_execute(core_options *options)
 			nvram_save(machine);
 			config_save_settings(machine);
 		}
-		mame->fatal_error_jmpbuf_valid = FALSE;
+		catch (emu_fatalerror &fatal)
+		{
+			mame_printf_error("%s\n", fatal.string());
+			error = MAMERR_FATALERROR;
+			if (fatal.exitcode() != 0)
+				error = fatal.exitcode();
+		}
+		catch (emu_exception &exception)
+		{
+			mame_printf_error("Caught unhandled emulator exception\n");
+			error = MAMERR_FATALERROR;
+		}
+		catch (std::bad_alloc &)
+		{
+			mame_printf_error("Out of memory!\n");
+			error = MAMERR_FATALERROR;
+		}
 
 		/* call all exit callbacks registered */
 		for (cb = mame->exit_callback_list; cb; cb = cb->next)
@@ -1119,56 +1128,6 @@ void mame_printf_log(const char *format, ...)
     MISCELLANEOUS
 ***************************************************************************/
 
-/*-------------------------------------------------
-    fatalerror - print a message and escape back
-    to the OSD layer
--------------------------------------------------*/
-
-DECL_NORETURN static void fatalerror_common(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *buffer) ATTR_NORETURN;
-
-static void fatalerror_common(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *buffer)
-{
-	/* output and return */
-	mame_printf_error("%s\n", giant_string_buffer);
-
-	/* break into the debugger if attached */
-	osd_break_into_debugger(giant_string_buffer);
-
-	/* longjmp back if we can; otherwise, exit */
-	if (machine != NULL && machine->mame_data != NULL && machine->mame_data->fatal_error_jmpbuf_valid)
-		longjmp(machine->mame_data->fatal_error_jmpbuf, exitcode);
-	else
-		exit(exitcode);
-}
-
-
-void CLIB_DECL fatalerror(const char *text, ...)
-{
-	running_machine *machine = global_machine;
-	va_list arg;
-
-	/* dump to the buffer; assume no one writes >2k lines this way */
-	va_start(arg, text);
-	vsnprintf(giant_string_buffer, GIANT_STRING_BUFFER_SIZE, text, arg);
-	va_end(arg);
-
-	fatalerror_common(machine, MAMERR_FATALERROR, giant_string_buffer);
-}
-
-
-void CLIB_DECL fatalerror_exitcode(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *text, ...)
-{
-	va_list arg;
-
-	/* dump to the buffer; assume no one writes >2k lines this way */
-	va_start(arg, text);
-	vsnprintf(giant_string_buffer, GIANT_STRING_BUFFER_SIZE, text, arg);
-	va_end(arg);
-
-	fatalerror_common(machine, exitcode, giant_string_buffer);
-}
-
-
 /*-------------------------------------------------
     popmessage - pop up a user-visible message
 -------------------------------------------------*/

src/emu/mamecore.h

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <exception>
 #include "osdcomm.h"
 #include "bitmap.h"
 #include "coreutil.h"
@@ -318,13 +320,76 @@ inline void operator--(type &value, int) { value = (type)((int)value - 1); }
 
 
 
+/***************************************************************************
+    EXCEPTION CLASSES
+***************************************************************************/
+
+// emu_exception is the base class for all emu-related exceptions
+class emu_exception : public std::exception
+{
+};
+
+
+// emu_fatalerror is a generic fatal exception that provides an error string
+class emu_fatalerror : public emu_exception
+{
+public:
+	emu_fatalerror(const char *format, ...)
+		: m_exitcode(0)
+	{
+		va_list ap;
+		va_start(ap, format);
+		sprintf(m_text, format, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+		osd_break_into_debugger(m_text);
+	}
+	
+	emu_fatalerror(const char *format, va_list ap)
+		: m_exitcode(0)
+	{
+		vsprintf(m_text, format, ap);
+		osd_break_into_debugger(m_text);
+	}
+	
+	emu_fatalerror(int _exitcode, const char *format, va_list ap)
+		: m_exitcode(_exitcode)
+	{
+		vsprintf(m_text, format, ap);
+		osd_break_into_debugger(m_text);
+	}
+	
+	const char *string() const { return m_text; }
+	int exitcode() const { return m_exitcode; }
+
+private:
+	char m_text[1024];
+	int m_exitcode;
+};
+
+
+
 /***************************************************************************
     FUNCTION PROTOTYPES
 ***************************************************************************/
 
-/* Used by assert(), so definition here instead of mame.h */
-DECL_NORETURN void CLIB_DECL fatalerror(const char *text, ...) ATTR_PRINTF(1,2) ATTR_NORETURN;
-DECL_NORETURN void CLIB_DECL fatalerror_exitcode(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *text, ...) ATTR_PRINTF(3,4) ATTR_NORETURN;
+DECL_NORETURN void fatalerror(const char *format, ...) ATTR_PRINTF(1,2) ATTR_NORETURN;
+DECL_NORETURN void fatalerror_exitcode(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *format, ...) ATTR_PRINTF(3,4) ATTR_NORETURN;
+
+inline void fatalerror(const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, format);
+	throw emu_fatalerror(format, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+inline void fatalerror_exitcode(running_machine *machine, int exitcode, const char *format, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, format);
+	throw emu_fatalerror(exitcode, format, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
 
 
 
@@ -333,7 +398,7 @@ DECL_NORETURN void CLIB_DECL fatalerror_exitcode(running_machine *machine, int e
 ***************************************************************************/
 
 /* population count */
-INLINE int popcount(UINT32 val)
+inline int popcount(UINT32 val)
 {
 	int count;
 
@@ -344,7 +409,7 @@ INLINE int popcount(UINT32 val)
 
 
 /* convert a series of 32 bits into a float */
-INLINE float u2f(UINT32 v)
+inline float u2f(UINT32 v)
 {
 	union {
 		float ff;
@@ -356,7 +421,7 @@ INLINE float u2f(UINT32 v)
 
 
 /* convert a float into a series of 32 bits */
-INLINE UINT32 f2u(float f)
+inline UINT32 f2u(float f)
 {
 	union {
 		float ff;
@@ -368,7 +433,7 @@ INLINE UINT32 f2u(float f)
 
 
 /* convert a series of 64 bits into a double */
-INLINE double u2d(UINT64 v)
+inline double u2d(UINT64 v)
 {
 	union {
 		double dd;
@@ -380,7 +445,7 @@ INLINE double u2d(UINT64 v)
 
 
 /* convert a double into a series of 64 bits */
-INLINE UINT64 d2u(double d)
+inline UINT64 d2u(double d)
 {
 	union {
 		double dd;