Re: [boost] Re: MSVC++ 6.0 compiler errors with 1.30.0 (mostlyle xical_cast.hpp)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-26 15:19:44

"Rozental, Gennadiy" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> My contribution to the discussion is that I don't think supporting C++
>> language subsets is worth complicating the interface in the way you
>> propose.  Maybe lexical_cast<T*>(whatever) should return 0 on failure
>> and that should be enough for those who can't handle the exceptions we
>> want to throw... though I don't know how (or if) that interacts with
>> things like char const*.
>
> It's not that I could not handle the exception

You can't handle it if the exception includes type_info.

> (exception-less interface is another topic that should be discussed
> separately).  See my other post on consequences of including of
> <typeinfo>.

No, I am explicitly saying that if you want to avoid typeinfo maybe
you should also be forced to compromise and avoid exceptions too.  I
think that would have the least negative impact on the design and I
like the trade-off it implies.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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