RE: [boost] Standard C Library and C++ / BOOST

From: Klaus Nowikow (nowikow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-26 11:33:04

Reece Dunn wrote:
[snip]
> A trick I use when handling HRESULT error codes is to have a 
> class like this 
> (adapted for int error type):
> 
>    class errorcheck
>    {
[snip]
>       public:
>          inline errorcheck( int ec ): error( ec )
>          {
>             if( ec < 0 ) throw( *this );
>          }

Careful. Throwing an exception from a constructor
means that the object won't be constructed (i. e., does not exist).
So you are throwing a non-existing object here.

Or am I wrong?

Best regards,
Klaus