[boost] Re: What does BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS exactly mean?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-29 06:41:48

"John Maddock" <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> The explanation is IMHO a little vague, because the two following
>> scenarios seem to conform to this mode:
>>
>> 1. No try and catch constructs allowed, but stack unwinding can result
>> from some other event (SEH exceptions, something like that.)
>
> No, SEH in the absense of C++ exceptions are just a longjump - no
> stack unwinding takes place, the same with POSIX signals.

This seems a little vaguely worded.

Surely you mean "in the absence of C++ exception (catch) *handlers*",
or something like that?

I know that I can run a program that never throws a C++ exception, but
raises an SEH, and there will be unwinding.

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Dave Abrahams
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