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

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-02 04:21:16

> Wouldn't it be a viable alternative to leave out the swallowed
> exceptions just
> in debug build?
> At least the original posters intent (as I understand it) was to get
> useful information
> propagated to the debugger.
> As a pragmatic approach we just could try to run a regression cycle with 
> the
> catch-all removed and measure how many modules are failing because of
> this. If the outcome shows no big difference the catch-all could be simply
> removed.
> What do you think? Is this feasible?

Personally I'm very uncomfortable in changing the semantics of the lib based 
on whether it's a debug build or not.

John.