Re: [boost] [tokenizer] is exception unaware

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-18 10:10:41

Janek Kozicki wrote:

>However tokenizer::iterator is not a typical container nor typical
>iterator. It is even unusual that it checks for the iterator's validity
>(because trying to access beyond the container causes assert(valid_) to fail ).
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>
MS debug iterators check their constraints - in debug mode. assert() 
also only exists in debug mode.

>The rationale from typical container iterators makes no sense when
>applied to tokenizer::iterator, because iterating over tokenizer items
>is not fast - it requires parsing of the content.
>  
>
The stream iterators don't throw either. (The underlying stream might 
throw, though.)

Sebastian Redl