Factor out exception handling code in a new WXConsumeException()

This will allow using this code from other places and not only when executing
user-defined event handlers.

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include/wx/event.h

@@ -3386,6 +3386,18 @@ public:
         // NOTE: uses AddPendingEvent(); call only from secondary threads
 #endif
 
+#if wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
+    // This is a private function which handles any exceptions arising during
+    // the execution of user-defined code called in the event loop context by
+    // forwarding them to wxApp::OnExceptionInMainLoop() and, if it rethrows,
+    // to wxApp::OnUnhandledException(). In any case this function ensures that
+    // no exceptions ever escape from it and so is useful to call at module
+    // boundary.
+    //
+    // It must be only called when handling an active exception.
+    static void WXConsumeException();
+#endif // wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
+
 #ifdef wxHAS_CALL_AFTER
     // Asynchronous method calls: these methods schedule the given method
     // pointer for a later call (during the next idle event loop iteration).

src/common/event.cpp

@@ -1604,6 +1604,17 @@ bool wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event)
     }
     catch ( ... )
     {
+        WXConsumeException();
+
+        return false;
+    }
+#endif // wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
+}
+
+#if wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
+/* static */
+void wxEvtHandler::WXConsumeException()
+{
     wxEventLoopBase * const loop = wxEventLoopBase::GetActive();
     try
     {
@@ -1662,12 +1673,10 @@ bool wxEvtHandler::SafelyProcessEvent(wxEvent& event)
             wxAbort();
         }
     }
-    }
-
-    return false;
-#endif // wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
 }
 
+#endif // wxUSE_EXCEPTIONS
+
 bool wxEvtHandler::SearchEventTable(wxEventTable& table, wxEvent& event)
 {
     const wxEventType eventType = event.GetEventType();