[boost] Re: [serialization] exception in destructor

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-08 11:54:47

Vyacheslav E. Andrejev wrote:
> 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.

Good Point

Robert Ramey