Re: [boost] [system][filesystem v3] Question about error_code arguments

Subject: Re: [boost] [system][filesystem v3] Question about error_code arguments
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-26 18:42:32

On Oct 26, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Peter Foelsche wrote:
> "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote in message news:a61d44020910200815kedf3976t6e96a67e2f453271_at_[hidden] 
> ...
>> A POSIX sub-group is looking at C++ bindings for POSIX.
>>
>> They are talking about a filesystem library binding at least loosely
>> based on Boost.System, Boost.Filesystem, and C++ TR2.
>>
>> In looking at http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2009/n2838.html 
>> ,
>> "Library Support for Hybrid Error Handling (Rev 2)", they are
>> concerned about specifying hybrid error handling like this:
>
>
> What is the sense of a C++ interface, which does not throw on error?
> I think meanwhile (this is 2009) we should be over the "I hate C++  
> Exception Handling" thinking.

Well said.
Thank you.

-- Marshall