Thanks, I'm new to using curl and missed the pointer :)

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-----Original Message-----
From: curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: 09 February 2009 21:39
To: libcurl development
Subject: Re: can you throw exceptions from curl callbacks

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Peter Walker wrote:

> Is this the norm, meaning i cannot use exceptions in the callback
functions?

The callback functions are pure C functions, there are no exceptions in
C.

> If so, how do I indicate this error back to the calling application.

By returning the right return code you make the transfer fail. If you
want to
provide something specific back from the callback I suggest you use the
user-provided pointer.

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  / daniel.haxx.se