Re: [boost] Re: Re: Threads & Exceptions

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-08 05:59:01

From: "Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]>
> > > maybe it should be a policy
> >
> >.... "We don't know how to design it, so we'll leave the design to you!
Don't
> >you feel empowered?" method.
>
> I wasn't suggesting we add a policy arg and NOT supply some meaningful
> policies.

Neither was I responding to that, and the comment wasn't aimed at you
personally.

I was trying to say that - in general - adding a policy should be a
deliberate design decision, not a way to avoid making a design decision.

It is possible that this specific case could indeed benefit from a thread
exception handling policy, but we still need a rationale.