[boost] Re: Boost filesystem documentation

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-05 08:02:11

"James Gregory" <james.jrg_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:beb51c26050505041574b98d0_at_mail.gmail.com...
> http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem/doc/exception.htm begins by saying:
>
> "The header provides class filesystem_error, publicly derived from
> std::runtime_error"
>
> I think this is wrong, isn't it publically derived from std::exception?

You are right that there is a clash. But it seems to me std::runtime_error 
should be the base class, so it is the implementation that is wrong.

Comments?

--Beman