[boost] Re: guidelines on portable 'catch(...)' usage

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-30 15:12:42

Bronek Kozicki <brok_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Ken Hagan wrote:
>> If your code is portable, then catch (...) is the only way
>> to deal with the fact that not everything is derived from
>> std::exception. I see nothing wrong with it.
>
> Shouldn't all exceptions in boost derive (directly or in most cases
> indirectly) from std::exception?
>
> IIRC discussions from comp.lang.c++.moderated (about "technology
> stolen by Andrei Alexandrescu from Yasland, ie. yet another
> std::vector<> implementation"), there was consensus that catch(...)
> is bad thing.

If you're interpreting my remarks (in part)
I don't agree that it's bad in general.  On some platforms it's best
avoided, so in portable code it's best avoided, too.

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