try/catch in constructor

Moral #4: Always perform unmanaged resource acquisition in the constructor body, never in initializer lists. In other words, either use "resource acquisition is initialization" (thereby avoiding unmanaged resources entirely) or else perform the resource acquisition in the constructor body.

Moral #5: Always clean up unmanaged resource acquisition in local try block handlers within the constructor or destructor body, never in constructor or destructor function try block handlers.

Moral #8: Prefer using "resource acquisition is initialization" to manage resources. Really, really, really. It will save you more headaches than you can probably imagine, including hard-to-see ones, similar to some we've already dissected.