Re: [boost] Re: Boost debug facilities

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-03 19:58:29

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 12:48 AM 11/3/2002, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote:
> 
>  >Throwing an exception, on the other hand, causes the stack to be
> unwound, >thus throwing away all of that information.  When debugging,
> throwing an
>  >exception on a logical (programmer) error is the last thing in the
> world I
>  >want to happen.
> 
> Surely your debugger allows you to trap the exception at the point it
> is thrown, 

If you're lucky enough to be running under the debugger, and to have
that breakpoint set, when the problem is detected, then you're home
free. That's a big IF.

> so that the stack (and everything else) at that point is
> available for inspection?  Isn't that equivalent to getting a core
> dump, yet preserves the benefits of exceptions in non-debugging
questionable-------------^

> environments?

argumentative-ly y'rs,
dave
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