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Subject: Re: [boost] [system][filesystem v3] Question about error_codearguments
From: Peter Foelsche (peter_foelsche_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-26 19:09:19


"Christopher Kohlhoff" <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:1256082527.2327.1341115615_at_webmail.messagingengine.com...

> The throwing overloads are most typically in small programs or at
> program startup. Non-trivial programs will tend towards the second,
> non-throwing overload. It is the nature of network applications to
> react to errors as part of normal control flow, and exception handling
> is not a good approach for that.

You are the author of the asio library in boost?
With this kind of thinking, how did you get this position?


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