RE: [boost] Re: Runtime error reporting

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (alexy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-03-20 18:27:47

Gary Powell wrote:
> The problem isn't that there weren't enough handles when you 
> tested this bit of code, there were. Its that some maintainer 
> added some bad code (that doesn't release a handle), and this 
> bit didn't get tested  hard enough, Now under some conditions, 
> there won't be enough handles. So user's now get to see you 
> crash and burn. 

I think you are missing the point. User won't see anything except that
copy-and-paste won't work. 'VERIFY' skips the test in release mode.

Aleksey