Question concerning Exceptions

[Robert Clipsham]

On 20/03/10 00:03, Alexander Bothe wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a question concerning the very basics of the D language:
>
> How can I read out the class name and the message string of Exception objects externally (that means with a program that accesses the main program's memory from outside)?
> I mean that I just have got a virtual pointer given via RaiseException()...and now I need some info where the classinfo object is and at which offset the member contents are located.
> It would be also helpful to give a structure format how objects are made of (-->  structure table).
>
> Thanks in advance!

You should read the Classes section at:
http://digitalmars.com/d/2.0/abi.html

Which explains how they are laid out in memory. Using this you can find 
the classinfo and from there find the name and message for the exception.