Examples of errors detected by the V1022 diagnostic

V1022. Exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead.

LibrePCB

V1022 CWE-755 An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. cmdremoveselectedschematicitems.cpp 143

bool CmdRemoveSelectedSchematicItems::performExecute() {
  ....
  throw new LogicError(__FILE__, __LINE__);
  ....
}

Haiku Operation System

V1022 An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. gensyscallinfos.cpp 316

int
main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  try {
    return Main().Run(argc, argv);
  } catch (Exception& exception) {                                         // <=
    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", exception.what());
    return 1;
  }
}

int Run(int argc, char** argv)
{
  ....
  _ParseSyscalls(argv[1]);
  ....
}

void _ParseSyscalls(const char* filename)
{
  ifstream file(filename, ifstream::in);
  if (!file.is_open())
    throw new IOException(string("Failed to open `") + filename + "'.");   // <=
  ....
}

Similar errors can be found in some other places:

• V1022 An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. gensyscallinfos.cpp 347
• V1022 An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. gensyscallinfos.cpp 413

FaCT++

V1022 [CWE-755] An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. ExtendedDataRange.cpp 44

static bool
checkDataRelation ( const DataTypeReasoner& Op1,
                    const DataTypeReasoner& Op2, int op )
{
  switch (op)
  {
  ....
  default:
    throw new EFaCTPlusPlus("Illegal operation in checkDataRelation()");
  }
}

Qt Creator

V1022 [CWE-755] An exception was thrown by pointer. Consider throwing it by value instead. celliterator.cpp 59

CellIterator &CellIterator::operator-=(int n)
{
  ....
  if (m_pos - n < 0)
    throw new std::runtime_error("-= n too big!");
}