Re: [boost] [function] function wrapping with no exception safety guarantee

Subject: Re: [boost] [function] function wrapping with no exception safety guarantee
From: Emil Dotchevski (emil_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-12 19:44:26

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 12, 2010, Emil Dotchevski <emil_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Daniel Walker
>> <daniel.j.walker_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> Formally, boost::function invocation has strong exception safety if
>>> invoking the target function has strong exception safety.
>>
>> This makes no sense at all. Invoking boost::function always has strong
>> exception safety guarantee. In no way it can make the state of the
>> boost::function object inconsistent, because it does not modify its
>> state.
>
> Sounds like you're talking about the basic guarantee here.

Yes I'm sorry I meant basic.

Emil Dotchevski
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