Re: [boost] New Boost.XInt Library, request preliminary review

Subject: Re: [boost] New Boost.XInt Library, request preliminary review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-28 18:29:56

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On 03/28/2010 06:14 PM, Scott McMurray wrote:

>> Sorry, but no. n1692 specifies that it's supposed to throw an
>> std::overflow exception when it can't get the memory it needs to
>> represent a number.
> 
> Doesn't this statement that "the standard says it must throw" conflict
> with your justification for having NaN as being "for when exceptions
> are blocked"?

It would, if std::overflow were a blockable exception. :-) Most of the
library's exceptions can be blocked, but not all of them.
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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