Why can't I catch this exception? (C++, SFML) - c++

Question

Maybe it's a stupid question but I don't understand why I can catch the exception in the former piece of code, while I can't in the latter.
First piece of code:
int main() {
try {
throw std::logic_error("Error");
sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "Test", sf::Style::Default);
while (window.isOpen()) {
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event)) {
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
window.close();
}
window.clear(sf::Color::Black);
window.display();
}
}
catch(std::logic_error& l){
std::cerr<<l.what()<<std::endl;
exit(42);
}
return 0;
}
Second piece of code:
int main() {
try {
sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "Test", sf::Style::Default);
throw std::logic_error("Error");
while (window.isOpen()) {
sf::Event event;
while (window.pollEvent(event)) {
if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
window.close();
}
window.clear(sf::Color::Black);
window.display();
}
}
catch(std::logic_error& l){
std::cerr<<l.what()<<std::endl;
exit(42);
}
return 0;
}

Answer 1

At the end I've discovered that the problem regarded how I had linked the SFML library.
I just had to remove -static from target_link_libraries(SFML_Test sfml-system sfml-window sfml-graphics -static) in the CMake file.
Thank you to everyone who has tried to help me.

Answer 2

Probably, because sf::RenderWindow throws exception of another type earlier.
Try catching std::exception, not std::logic_error (it's inherited from std::exception)
Update
Probably your app is crashing during sf::RenderWindow initialization. In this case exception is not generated, but you can try to catch signal.
#include <signal.h>
void fall()
{
int* p = 0x00000000;
*p = 13;
}
void posix_death_signal(int signum)
{
signal(signum, SIG_DFL);
exit(3);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
signal(SIGSEGV, posix_death_signal);
fall();
return 0;
}
Or maybe std::abort is called from sf::RenderWindow, so you can try to handle it: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/program/abort
Or std::unexpected. You can try to handle it also
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/unexpected
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/error/set_unexpected
std::exit...
Actually I would like to advice attach debugger and see what happens, see how far is running your app before returning
Update 2
Sometimes the root problem is missing DLL which prevents app from starting.