[boost] Re: Exception safety guarantie

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-19 14:58:20

"David B. Held" <dheld_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> [...]
>> It might be best to describe what it means to say "has no effects"
>  > in one place.  Maybe I should put a section in
>> http://www.boost.org/more/error_handling.html that discusses these
>> conventions for documenting exception-safety.  Then library
>> documentation can link to that part of the page.  It would say
>> something like:
>> - Unless otherwise specified, all Boost library operations give the
>>   /basic guarantee/: the library's maintains its invariants and does
>  >   not leak resources in the face of exceptions.
>
> I would just make the editorial fixes as so:
>
>      ...the library maintains its invariants...

I don't understand what you're suggesting here.  Can you be more
explicit?

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Dave Abrahams
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