Re: [boost] Has someone any plans to submit a exception_ptr library to Boost?

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-15 15:18:02

"Emil Dotchevski" <emil_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 4/14/08, Anthony Williams <anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>  I posted this to the boost list earlier, in the hope that it could be
>>  incorporated into boost.exception. I would be VERY happy for it to be part of
>>  boost.
>
> I've just committed changes to the Boost Exception cloning support to
> make it N2179-complient. The implementation of current_exception() is
> similar to http://www.pdimov.com/cpp/N2179/exception_ptr.cpp.
>
> I will update the Boost Exception documentation soon.
>
> Antony, I would also like to incorporate your MSVC-specific support
> into Boost Exception. Without such compiler-specific support, for
> current_exception() to fully work, the user must call
> enable_current_exception() (which is part of Boost Exception) at the
> time of the throw. The plan is to make this call automatic directly in
> boost::throw_exception() (I will commit that change to
> boost/throw_exception.hpp as soon as I see the relevant Boost
> Exception tests pass on all supported platforms.)

That's excellent news. Thanks, Emil.

Anthony
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