[boost] Re: Pedantic changes to noncopyable

From: Andrew D Jewell (ajewell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-20 09:10:01

>In brief, they provide no compile-time safety and lead to worse generated
>code on many (if not most) compilers.

In October of 1998, I exchanged some email with Bjarne Stroustrup on 
this very topic. To way-over-summarize, he asserts that it is almost 
always better to put in an empty exception specification "throw()" 
wherever you can, and occasionally better to add other exception 
specifications "throw(stuff, junk)".

I would strongly recommend that boost have separate guidelines for 
empty and full exception specifications; whatever they may turn out 
to be.

Andy Jewell