Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-27 16:17:20

David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I talked to an organization a few days ago that wasn't using
> Boost.Thread because of the catch(...) clause in the thread launching
> functions.  They wanted the usual Win32 termination behavior (where you
> get a stack backtrace) instead.  While that might seem like a silly
> reason not to use Boost.Thread, it's legitimate.
>
> I told them about several ways to work around that issue, but I think
> all of them are more hassle and provide a less useful result (to them)
> than simply letting the exception leak.  I wonder if the that would be a
> conforming implementation, whether a call to terminate() is required,
> and whether a preprocessor switch to allow exceptions to leak would be a
> good idea?

I have removed the catch clause on trunk, revision 49969.

Anthony
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