[boost] Re: Misc library documentation issues

From: James Curran/MVP (JamesCurran_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-07-09 03:33:02

From: Dave Abrahams [mailto:abrahams_at_[hidden]]
>> Even if compilers "get up to par", the exception-specification on the
destructor will occur the same overhead unless the compiler can prove that
nothing it calls will throw an exception. The only way that can happen is if
all functions called in the destructor also have an empty
exception-specification, and so on, and so on...<<

        So, basically, we're in the catch-22 situation where it's
counter-productive for any one person to use them, unless everyone else is
already using them.....

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