Re: [boost] Review Request: Boost Exception

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-14 17:36:35

Matthew Herrmann wrote:
> To remove the e.success(), 
> you'd need to detect whether the stack was being unwound due to an 
> exception or due to a natural return. This is where language support (or 
> compiler-dependent tricks) would be required.
Language support exists. There is a function that returns true if the
stack is currently being unwound.

It is broken in VC++6 (always returns false), but aside from that I
believe it's quite well supported, though little known.

Sebastian Redl