[boost] boost::throw_exception / exception library update

Subject: [boost] boost::throw_exception / exception library update
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-09 14:06:09

This is a repost of my original message, with a better subject line as
suggested by Felipe, to perhaps attract more readers for this
important discussion.

Here is a link to the original thread:
http://www.nabble.com/-exception--library-update-tt19377623.html

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

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Emil Dotchevski
<emil_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I've finished a major refactoring of the Exception library:
>
> 1) Thanks to Peter Dimov's boost/detail/sp_typeinfo.hpp, it now works
> with or without RTTI support.
>
> 2) I would like to thank Dave and Robert for complaining about the
> added weight to boost/throw_exception.hpp. I managed to reduce that
> cost to less than 400 lines total, all contained in
> boost/exception/exception.hpp which now does not #include anything
> (not even standard headers.) If there are more concerns about this
> issue, let's discuss them now.
>
> The latest documentation can be viewed at
> http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk/libs/exception/doc/boost-exception.html.