Function try blocks are also extra tricky because at the end of the catch block the exception is automatically rethrown. http://www.drdobbs.com/sutters-mill-con

Function try blocks are also extra tricky because at the end of the catch block the exception is automatically rethrown. http://www.drdobbs.com/sutters-mill-constructor-failures-or-the/184401316 http://www.drdobbs.com/sutters-mill-constructor-failures-or-... has a lot of details on function try blocks.