Re: [boost] compiling boost without exceptions(Boost.All,Boost.SmartPtr)

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-09 10:50:36

From: "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]>
> 
> From: "Rob Stewart" <stewart_at_[hidden]>
> > Wouldn't "raise" be a better name than "throw?" 
> 
> Why? In C++, exceptions aren't "raised", they're "thrown".

Because they aren't necessarily thrown with this approach.  Thus, we "raise" an
exception which might mean the exception is thrown, it might trigger an assert,
or it might do something else the user has determined.

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