Re: [boost] Re: Next revision of boost::thread & OS error code.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-10 11:03:06

"William E. Kempf" <wekempf_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> From: Martin Brown <martin_w_brown_at_[hidden]>
>> 
>> 2. The user needs a localised error message.
>
> Is the textual representation of the exception name
> enough?  If not, how do you propose a library provide
> such a localised error message?

I will weigh in here with one strong opinion: producing localized
error messages should not be the job of the exception object or the
code which throws it.  Error message formatting and localization
should happen after exceptions are caught.

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