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Subject: Re: [boost] [numeric] Applying trivial bugfix
From: Antony Polukhin (antoshkka_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-28 14:06:26


2012/2/28 Iain Denniston <iain.denniston_at_[hidden]>:
> Would it not then be a better idea to roll back to the old functionality and
> have an additional macro (BOOST_THROW_EXTENDED_EXCEPTION?) to provide the
> extended functionality the current macro provides?

+1

> Additional configuration options to make BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION ==
> BOOST_THROW_EXTENDED_EXCEPTION and vice versa would allow users to make a
> decision if the extra information is important to them and allow others to
> avoid the costs when required

+1

After that, I would propose to replace all the "throw x" in all the
libraries with BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(x). This would close a lot of
feature requests, provide better support for compilations with
disabled exceptions and improve user control over the exceptions.

Best regards,
Antony Polukhin


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