[boost] Re: boost::execution_monitor impl under windows

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-21 03:40:12

"carlos pizano" <carlospizano_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> I don't know what execution_monitor is doing, but the
>> _set_se_translator technique described in
>> http://www.boost.org/more/error_handling.html doesn't require /EHa.
>
> Dave, I think we are talking about the same _set_se_translator

The question is, are we talking about a translator that does
something other than 

      {
          throw;
      }

??

> I did a quick check and the MSDN documentation that comes with my
> compiler (VC.Net 2003) says:
>
> " Use /EHa instead of /EHsc when using _set_se_translator."
>
> I don't see any qualification to this warning on the docs.

They never intended _set_se_translator to be used that way, though.

> Moreover, I did a quick console application with _set_se_translator and
> during compile I get:
>
> warning C4535: calling _set_se_translator() requires /EHa
>         the command line options /EHc and /GX are insufficient
>
> Are you using maybe an earlier compiler?

No, I'm disabling the warning with pragmas.  The technique works fine.

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