Re: [boost] Re: Re: improved assertions?

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-21 15:50:18

At Friday 2002/06/21 04:17, you wrote:
>"Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > [...]
> > In my opinion, this decision hinders effective debugging so badly that it
> > should be re-considered (If I knew how to write such a suggestion, I would
> > certainly so do). [...]
> >
> > Think how _simple_ it would be to provide a "stack trace" if the stack 
> were
> > still intact!!
> > Think of how much information would be available to a modern debugger!!
>
>   Mhmm. I don't see your point. This information _is_
>   available in the exception's ctor. You say things
>   would be a lot better if it was available in the
>   catch handler. Where's the difference?

If you put a breakpoint in the catch block (because you know that's where 
your getting) it makes a HUGE difference.
The problem basically trying to determine where the _throw_ occurred.

>   Or is it that you're concerned about exception types
>   you have no control over? (I rarely had a problem
>   with this.)
>
> > [...]
>
>   Schobi
>
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