Re: [boost] [exception] - bug in tutorial -> member 'what' is ambiguous?

From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-17 17:55:10

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Kowalke Oliver (QD IT PA AS)
<Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using boost.exception from trunk and I get following error (gcc-4.2.4):
>
> error: request for member 'what' is ambiguous
> /usr/include/c++/4.2/exception:64: error: candidates are: virtual const char* std::exception::what() const
> /opt/boost/include/boost-1_35/boost/exception/exception.hpp:52: error: virtual const char* boost::exception::what() const
>
> I'm using the code from the boost.exception tutorial:
>
> class error
> :
> public boost::exception,
> public std::exception
> {}
>
> ...
> try
> {...}
> catch ( error const& e)
> { std::cout << "error: " << e.what() << std::endl; }

Where do you read the tutorial you are mentioning? Is it possible that
it is out of date? The latest documentation can be accessed directly
through the subversion web interface:

http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/libs/exception/doc/boost-exception.html.

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode