Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-25 19:40:40

Emil Dotchevski:

> So the question is what's better for boost::thread, to conform to the
> C++ standard -- which in the scenario I outlined and Dave had in mind
> can only be done using catch(...) -- or to leave conformance up to the
> compiler, meaning terminate() may not be called when it should, but
> assuming that that is a bug (which may not be the case, as Dave
> pointed out) you'll get a better error message.

This is a false dilemma. There is a third option: use catch(...) only when 
the compiler doesn't call terminate() itself.