[boost] Re: future of boost.threads

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-10 10:41:04

Peter Dimov wrote:
[...]
> One case where "propagating" exceptions is wrong is when the thread is not
> supposed to be joined. 

When the thread is not supposed to be joined, then all expected 
exceptions [e.g. thread cancelation or exit] should be caught 
(but "ignored") and all unexpected exceptions should still 
terminate the entire process at throw point (that's not the way 
how exception specification work currently). Some exceptions 
listed in this or that throw spec may be expected and some not. 
(Perfect forwarding might help somewhat here. ;-) )

regards,
alexander.