[boost] [serialization] exception in destructor

From: Vyacheslav E. Andrejev (vandrejev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-08 06:28:24

Hello Robert,

I spent a lot of time trying to understand where my program failed. Finally, 
I found that the cause was in destructor of basic_xml_oarchive class:

template<class Archive> 
#if !defined(__BORLANDC__)
BOOST_DECL_ARCHIVE_OR_WARCHIVE
#endif
basic_xml_oarchive<Archive>::~basic_xml_oarchive(){
    if(!header)
        return;
    this->This()->put("</boost_serialization>\n");
}

basic_text_oprimitive::put(const char * s) can throw an exception, causing 
unexpected termination of program when stack unwind. I heard many times that 
uncaught exception in destructor is not very good thing. Should we consider 
refactoring of this point in basic_xml_oarchive?

Regards.
Slava.
-- 
Vyacheslav E. Andrejev
System Architect, Excelsior, LLC