Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling

Subject: Re: [boost] [Thread] Win32 exception handling
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-28 16:31:35

on Thu Nov 27 2008, Anthony Williams <anthony.ajw-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Thank you, Anthony!

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Dave Abrahams
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