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FIX: No Warning When Control Path Doesn't Return a Value

Article ID: 201082

Article Last Modified on 10/24/2003

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q201082

SYMPTOMS

The following code compiles without error or warning, although not all control paths return a value:

bool SomeFunction()
{
   try
   {
   }
   catch(...)
   {
      return false;
   }
}

main()
{
  SomeFunction();
}

CAUSE

This problem is due to a bug in the Visual C++ 5.0 compiler.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ 6.0.

Additional query words: warning C4715

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvc600fix kbcompiler KB201082