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Subject: Re: [boost] Official warnings policy?
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-06 00:40:43


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> AMDG
>
> Emil Dotchevski wrote:
>>
>> Q: Who would want to know that boost::exception_ptr's destructor is not
>> virtual?
>>
>> A: Only someone who wants to build a polymorphic type hierarchy with
>> boost::exception_ptr as a base, calling delete through a
>> boost::exception_ptr base pointer.
>>
>> So, exception_ptr's destructor should be virtual to keep *that* guy
>> out of trouble?
>
> Emil, can you please silence the compiler somehow?

I had silenced it already, I believe. That's what triggered that
particular rant. :)

I see that your patch deals with the warnings better. For now, I will
leave my commit from earlier today, but probably after the release is
out I'll fix it your way.

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


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