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

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-27 11:31:27

"Slawomir Lisznianski" <slisznianski_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:51:44 -0400, "David Abrahams"
> <dave_at_[hidden]> said:
>> A user-replaceable handler can't dump core?
>
> Not with the complete stack trace of where the exception originated. 

Neither can any other mechanism, portably across all implementations,
even if you only restrict it to conforming ones.  Does unexpected do
the right thing on a wide range of compilers?  It won't work on MSVC,
for example.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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