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Subject: Re: [boost] [exception]throw_exceptions concerns
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-02 18:53:18


On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Mathias Gaunard
<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>
>> Boost::exception is copy constructable but its copy constructor is
>> protected
>
> Doesn't the standard mandate a public copy constructor for exception types?

Yes, but you never throw boost::exception, you throw types that derive
from it, which are required to have public copy constructor.

You can still catch(boost::exception &), and you can still re-throw
using a throw-expression with no operand (15.1.6).

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


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