C6310

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warning C6310: illegal constant in exception filter can cause unexpected behavior

This message indicates that an illegal constant was detected in the filter expression of a structured exception handler. The constants defined for use in the filter expression of a structured exception handler are:

  • EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION

  • EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH

  • EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER

    These values are defined in the runtime header file excpt.h.

    Using a constant that is not in the preceding list can cause unexpected behavior.

Example

The following code generates this warning:

#include <excpt.h>  
#include <stdio.h>  
#include <windows.h>  
  
BOOL LimitExceeded();  
  
void fd( )  
{  
  __try   
  {  
    if (LimitExceeded())   
    {  
      RaiseException(EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION,0,0,0);  
    }  
    else  
    {  
      // code   
    }  
  }   
  __except (EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION)  
  {  
    puts("Exception Occurred");  
  }  
}

To correct this warning, use the following code:

#include <excpt.h>  
#include <stdio.h>  
#include <windows.h>  
  
BOOL LimitExceeded();  
  
void fd( )  
{  
  __try   
  {  
    if (LimitExceeded())   
    {  
      RaiseException(EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION,0,0,0);  
    }  
    else  
    {  
      // code   
    }  
  }   
  __except (GetExceptionCode()==EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION ?   
               EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER : EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH)  
  {  
    puts("Exception Occurred");  
  }  
}