Re: [boost] Re: Attempting resolution of Threads & Exceptions Issue

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-17 10:49:04

From: "Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov_at_[hidden]>
>
> BTW, some interesting thoughts on using exceptions to report rather
> funny things can be found here:
>
> http://www.bleading-edge.com/Publications/C++Report/v9609/Column3.rtf
> http://www.bleading-edge.com/Publications/C++Report/v9609/Column3.htm
> (Exceptions and Debugging, Jack Reeves)
>
> http://www.bleading-edge.com/Publications/C++Report/v9703/Column5.rtf
> http://www.bleading-edge.com/Publications/C++Report/v9703/Column5.htm
> (Reflections on Exceptions and the STL, Jack Reeves):

Indeed. Do you agree with the material in the articles? This is the old
"asserts or exceptions" argument; it's amazing how many people feel that the
answer must be either "asserts" or "exceptions", when in fact the scenarios
presented in the first article clearly show some obvious "assert"
candidates, and some obvious "exception" candidates.