Re: [Boost-users] Wave: how to recover after errors?

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-12-10 18:33:49

Daryle Walker wrote:

> [SNIP]
> >> aside from that, enough information has to be delivered to 
> >> pre_exception() to undertake sensible actions which in all 
> likelihood 
> >> will require creating a separate exception class for each 
> type of error or at least many of them.
> > 
> > Wouldn't make a lot of different exception types the overall error 
> > handling a lot more difficult for the average user?
> [TRUNCATE]
> 
> We could be like the Standard and use a hierarchy for Wave's 
> exception types.  

Agreed. That's the only way to go.

> Further, we should use std::exception, 
> and/or derived classes, as the base types.

The existing wave exceptions are already derived from std::exception.

Regards Hartmut