Re: [boost] AttemptingresolutionofThreads&ExceptionsIssue

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-13 16:31:44

At Tuesday 2002/08/13 13:04, you wrote:

>From: "Victor A. Wagner, Jr." <vawjr_at_[hidden]>
>
>
> > At Tuesday 2002/08/13 10:34, you wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >2) is viable; 1) is not. The referenced exception object is destroyed
>when
> > >the catch block exits.
> >
> > I believe you are mistaken in your comment regarding 1).  Or have I
> > misunderstood what
> > throw;
> > does inside a catch block?
>
>Aren't we talking about propagating exceptions across thread boundaries?

we are

>If so, eventually the thread has to have a catch block that ends without
>"throw;" or the process will almost certainly terminate.

agreed

>Aren't we talking about storing a copy of the exception object somewhere so
>it can be rethrown in another thread?

we are

>If not, how do you propose to make it work?
>
>-Dave
>
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>            David Abrahams * Boost Consulting
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