Re: [boost] Preliminary Boost Test Tools Library

From: David Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-01 14:13:20

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Brey" <brey_at_[hidden]>

> I also have a semi-nit: The long list of catches for classes deriving from
> std::exception, could be replaced by:
>   catch ( const std::exception & ex )
>     { std::cout << typeid(ex).name() << ": " << ex.what() << std::endl; }

That's doesn't give you portably readable output. Some compilers (e.g. gcc)
don't produce human-readable typeid(T).name() results.