Re: [boost] Re: future of boost.threads

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-09 14:55:39

Glen Knowles wrote:
> From: David Abrahams [mailto:dave_at_[hidden]]
>  >> Of course you cannot portably pass all exceptions, but you may be able
>  >> to pass all the ones that use standard types.
>  >
>  >And what if the std library or somebody else throws exceptions
>  >*derived* from the standard types?
> 
> If it is not a recognized corba exception what the ACE TAO does is eat 
> it with a catch(...) and then throws a corba system exception on the 
> other side.

yes, so all exceptions that are allowed to pass have to be explicitely 
declared
as such. If it is not declared, a special standard exception will be
thrown (or may be something equivalent to 'unexpected'). If it is 
derived from a declared one, it will be sliced.

Regards,
                Stefan