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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-13 14:24:56

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

>> People said they wanted it, and the cost is low (one int). I think Greg
>> is  right that they wanted to attempt system-dependent recovery.
>
> Well, I can agree that the cost is low... so I won't argue too much about
> including it.  I just want to feel comfortable with the rationale.

I think a rationale goes like this:

suppose the platform gives you a function for converting an error code
into an error message (realistic, I think).  How much code do you have
to write in order to take advantage of it?

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