[vtkusers] breaking after vtkErrorMacro

[Dominik Szczerba]

Thanks for a hint, but I need to handle this case in a release version 
(no debugger). I looked up the vtkErrorMacro and it indeed calls 
BreakOnError() at the end. Is there a chance to attach own code there?

Thanks,
Dominik

Goodwin Lawlor wrote:
> Dominik Szczerba wrote:
>> Is there a way to stop execution after vtkErrorMacro?
>> I get a malloc failure in a VTK filter that is not checked for in the 
>> parent calling stack... (bug report due). pointer==0 is detected (if 
>> ptr==0 vtkErrorMacro... return 0) but execution continues (leading 
>> into bushes).
>> If not, what do I do to exit gracefully on a malloc quit?
> 
> Hi Dominik,
> 
> You can place a debugger break on vtkObject::BreakOnError()
> 
> hth
> 
> Goodwin
> 

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Dominik Szczerba, PhD
Computational Physics Group
IT'IS Foundation for Research
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