Re: [boost] filesystem::is_directory return true when exception is disabled and this directory does't exist

From: I Wei (i.c.code_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-11 17:35:20

> > No. It is undefined behavior for boost::throw_exception() to return.
> >
> > To quote the throw_exception() docs:
> >
> >      Callers of throw_exception are allowed to assume that the
> >      function never returns; therefore, if the user-defined
> >      throw_exception returns, the behavior is undefined.
> 
> It is definitely not a bug. However you might want to consider - purely as a
> QoI issue, of course - to return 'false' instead of 'true' when
> throw_exception returns. ;-)
> 
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It's very strange. So, does it mean the exception must be enabled if
the throw_exception is used ?