Try Catch never seems to work

[Brandon Captain]

I'm aware that try/catch is platform-specific, but for cross-platform code, what good is it? if I can't do something as simple as this..

#include <stdio.h>

int main ( void ) {
	
	try {
		int* null=NULL;
		printf("%i",*null); // a NULL dereference
	} catch (...) {
		printf("failed.\n");
	}

	return 0;
}

program Segfaults.

[darkestfright]

You can't catch segfaults, period. Segfaults are the result of undefined behavior and your the operating system, rightfully, takes control and kills the process.

[Peter87]

I don't see what's platform-specific about try/catch. The standard clearly states what kind of exceptions is thrown by what functions in what situations.