Re: [boost] Re: Boost debug facilities

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-04 06:19:24

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> 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, 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 environments?

No, because beta testers typically don't run your program under a debugger.