[boost] Re: BOOST_TRY like macros: time to add them?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-10 08:22:02

Gennaro Prota <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:51:03 -0500, David Abrahams
> <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>Gennaro Prota <gennaro_prota_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>> Out of curiosity, you say "sad" because there have been previous
>>> discussions with Peter and he had a different opinion?
>>
>>No, because it means we have to concede an otherwise benign standard
>>language feature is rendered bad/dangerous/useless by various
>>operating environments:
>>
>>          try
>>          {
>>                ...
>>          }
>>          catch(...)
>>          {
>>                //...
>>                throw;
>>          }
>>                
>
> Well, yes, but it seemed that Peter was making a more general point
> ("any catch that can be replaced", not just catch(...))

...and what other catches can be replaced by RAII?

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