* Create and initialize a libvlc instance.
*
* \param argc the number of arguments
- * \param argv command-line-type arguments. argv[0] must be the path of the
- * calling program.
- * \param p_e an initialized exception pointer
- * \return the libvlc instance
+ * \param argv command-line-type arguments
+ * \return the libvlc instance or NULL in case of error
*/
VLC_PUBLIC_API libvlc_instance_t *
-libvlc_new( int , const char *const *, libvlc_exception_t *);
+libvlc_new( int , const char *const * );
/**
* Decrement the reference count of a libvlc instance, and destroy it