Re: [boost] Re: Re: Re: Re:Re:Re:AttemptingresolutionofThreads&ExceptionsIssue

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-13 15:20:33

At Tuesday 2002/08/13 12:03, you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Eric Woodruff" <Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden]>
> > So, it seems exception hierarchies are not feasible unless the abstract
>type
> > provides a clone () method. We could possibly implement cloning wrappers
>for
> > std::exceptions and then unwrap them at the other end.
> >
> > For user exception hierarchies, they would have to follow the same clone
>()
> > semantics.
> >
> > How often does a user need to support entire exception hierarchies across
> > threads?
>
>Is it ever useful to know what the exception type is in this case?  I ask,
>because it seems to me that there's no way to recover in this case, and the
>only reason for propogation is to give some possibility for a clean exit
>instead of an abrubt halt.  If you can't recover, then what need is there
>for knowing the exception type?

Some of us plan on using boost::thread to implement separation of call  and 
result.

>Bill Kempf
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