Re: [boost] std::exception problems on Borland with -ps

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-19 11:13:34

From: "John Maddock" <jm_at_[hidden]>
> > From: "John Maddock" <jm_at_[hidden]>
> > >
> > > On the issue of exception classes: why would you think that the
derived
> > > class could possibly use a different calling convention to the base
> class
> > > for a virtual function?
> >
> > The problem is that standard-conforming code (a class that derives from
> > std::exception) does not compile under bcc 5.5.1 -ps.
>
> Accepted, but -ps is a non standard-conforming calling convention, so
again
> what do you expect?

I expect standard-conforming code to compile. The standard says nothing
about -ps being nonstandard.