Re: [boost] [Boost.Thread]: consider removing catch(...) from thread_proxy

From: Ariel Badichi (abadichi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-24 19:12:12

Michael Glassford wrote:
> Slawomir Lisznianski wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I find the catch(...) clause in the thread_proxy function (thread.cpp)
>>causing more harm than good. 
> 
> 
> Does anyone have any comments on this? Support or objections?
> 

A good solution is to provide a customization point: call a handler that
can be replaced by the user. You then, from a library point of view,
have a well-defined behaviour in presence of uncaught exceptions. Then
it's possible for the user to "throw;" in order to further propogate the
exception (something I would consider evil).

> Mike
> 

Ariel.