Re: [boost] Re: std::exception -- Re: Re: Re: Re:Re:AttemptingresolutionofThreads&ExceptionsIssue

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-14 13:30:23

From: "Alan Bellingham" <alan_at_[hidden]>

> hys:
>
> >Hmm. Interesting. (Why does std::exception provide a virtual dtor if
it's
> >not really necessary?)
>
> You may not want a container of polymorphic pointers to exceptions, but
> you still want to catch exceptions polymorphically (else why bother
> having an exception hierarchy at all?).

You don't need virtual functions for that.

FWIW-ly y'rs,
Dave

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