Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-25 15:30:40

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Gruenke" <mgruenke_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling

> 
> Some compilers (certainly GCC) have the ability to preserve the 
> stackframe from the time it was thrown (!), for uncaught exceptions.  If 
> you catch (...), then the destructors of all the locals will execute and 
> you'll lose some information that could be instrumental in tracking down 
> the cause of the exception.
> 
> For that reason, among others, it's good to avoid the catch/rethrow 
> construct.

Please could some one explain in which cases the destructors of all the locals are not executed?
Can the stack-frame be recovered in some way just before the destructors are called?

Thanks,
Vicente