Re: [boost] Boost.Assert

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-12 15:24:50

From: "Stewart, Robert" <stewart_at_[hidden]>
> Why not use a set_terminate_handler-like interface for setting the
> boost_error-like function?  If that works for the standard, why not for
> Boost?  I suppose that you're worried that the function pointer might not
be
> initialized to the address of boost_error when called from some static
> object's initialization.  If you initialize the pointer to zero, and use
> that as a special case that calls boost_error, then there should be no
> problem (other than that the library user may have wanted to have their
own
> replacement called at a point when their "set handler" logic hasn't run.

Yes, this is exactly the problem that is solved by the current design.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.