Re: [boost] Exception Visitor

From: Andreas Huber (ahd6974-spamgroupstrap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-18 18:06:13

Jeremy Day wrote:
> On 7/18/06, Andreas Huber <ahd6974-spamgroupstrap_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> How is your approach better than:
>
> [snip]
>
> Heh.  Well, when you put it that way it probably isn't.  However, the
> function object that you pass into catcher could contain application
> state information.

so could ...

class ExceptionHandler
{
    int applicationState;

  public:
    void HandleException()
    {
      // same as the free function in last post
    }
};

>  You could also use any functor that you happen to
> have around that has operator()(std::logic_error&),
> operator()(std::exception&), or operator()(void).

Right, but what can such a functor do better than 
ExceptionHandler::HandleException() above or ::HandleException() in the 
last post?

Regards,

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