[boost] Re: A small question about shared_ptr

From: Eric Woodruff (Eric.Woodruff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-19 10:12:48

You're right, that macro is not very intuitive, as most aren't. It could be
throwing an unlisted exception or causing the function to "return;" !

Or it just may call abort. It also may only do this if _DEBUG is defined.

Maybe it says: if (!(px != 0)) px = 1;

;)

I guess we will only know if we read the documentation.

"Daniel Frey" <d.frey_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:aorr7l$m4l$1_at_main.gmane.org...
> Hi,
>
> I have a (maybe dumb) question. The current version of shared_ptr contains
code
> like:
>
> typename detail::shared_ptr_traits<T>::reference operator* () const //
never throws
> {
>     BOOST_ASSERT(px != 0);
>     return *px;
> }
>
> What does "never throws" means wrt BOOST_ASSERT? Isn't this a
> contradiction?
>
> Regards, Daniel
>
>
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