Re: [boost] Re: [Regex patch] compiling on Mac OSX with gcc 2.95

From: John Maddock (boost.regex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-10 06:12:32

> Do you plan to continue to support configurations/platforms lacking
> exceptions (through boost::throw_exception)?

Yes, absolutely, it should be using throw_exception rather than throw
anyway, but I'll double check.

> If so, what would the replacement to this be:
> #ifdef BOOST_REGEX_NON_RECURSIVE
>    }
>    catch(...)
>    {
>       // unwind all pushed states, apart from anything else this
>       // ensures that all the states are correctly destructed
>       // not just the memory freed.
>       while(unwind(true)){}
>       throw;
>    }
> #endif

OK that's a bug :-) Needs replacing with a non-catching version (since we
can't unwind the stack anyway without exceptions).

Thanks,

John.