Re: [boost] Any interest for stack_trace?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-04 03:45:26

Peter Bindels wrote:

> On 03/05/07, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> DWARF can describe that, so a tool that reads DWARF will have no
>> problems.
> 
> I don't see how knowing the location of the arguments helps you
> retrieve it at the exit point or at the point of handling an
> exception. For that matter, the stack may have been changed as well.

The part of Pavel's post you replied to did not say anything about
where the stack trace is captured. I think it's only reasonable to capture
stack trace at the point where it exists -- for example when
throwing an exception, not when catching it. 

- Volodya