Exceptional C++
summary
Explains what actually happens when an exception hits a Windows C++ process: compiler-generated unwind code and frame records, CRT hooks and how to register them, structured exceptions and async faults versus C++ exceptions, how to capture a context snapshot (registers, stack, instruction pointer) and read exception pointers, using exception filters and VEH/SEH to route or log crashes, ways to marshal exceptions between threads, and what information is reliable for post‑mortem debugging and what cannot be recovered.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction to Exceptional C++
- 10:00Exception handling basics
- 23:03Structured exception mechanisms
- 35:03Exception filters and use cases
- 47:42Post-mortem debugging with exceptions
- 1:01:00Q&A and closing remarks
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