Re: [boost] Re: first sight

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-16 10:56:04

From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> I'm just trying to "feel out" the pros and cons of using an actual
> exception, which can be caught in a catch(...) block.  If there are
> compelling reasons to want the "exception" to be non-catchable then I
> can present these reasons to the committee and they can decide
> whether or not it's worth requiring a language change to allow for
> this "kissing cousin".

A programmer that wants to catch the cancellation exception may have good
reasons to do so. In particular, letting an exception escape from a
destructor during stack unwinding terminates the process, no questions
asked. ;-)

Making this exception non-catchable by catch(...) may also break correct
code (in the sense that it may silently become exception unsafe.)

--
Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.