Re: [boost] Running b2 on develop needs asynch-exceptions=on

Subject: Re: [boost] Running b2 on develop needs asynch-exceptions=on
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-16 15:02:34

>
> It probably builds, but then Peter has said that building all of Boost 
> with asynch-exceptions is a bad idea.
>
> I still haven't got an authorative answer whether it should be 
> Boost.Test that builds with /EHa (so that it
> can catch SEH exception), or whether client code with tests be built 
> with /EHa (so that it converts
> SEH exceptions into C++ exceptions) or something else.

I suspect both.  Certainly if I build Boost.Test without /EHa I see:

execution_monitor.cpp
1>m:\data\boost\boost\boost\test\impl\execution_monitor.ipp(948): 
warning C4535: calling _set_se_translator() requires /EHa

Then if you want it to translate structured exceptions in your test code 
you'll need /EHa there as well presumably.

Non-authoritatively yours, John.