Re: [boost] [inspect] exceptions (FW: [Boost-users] no exceptions)

Subject: Re: [boost] [inspect] exceptions (FW: [Boost-users] no exceptions)
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-25 03:17:43

Emil Dotchevski wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Gruenke, Matt <mgruenke_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I did a little bit of performance testing and found BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION to add about 45%
>> overhead (CPU: Intel Xeon X5570;  compiler: gcc-4.2.3;  optimization: -O2) vs straight 'throw'
>> of simple std::exception-derived class.  So, it's not exactly free.  That said, neither is
>> blazingly fast.
> 
> Could you clarify, what do you mean by overhead? Speed? Speed of
> throwing an exception? Speed of catching an exception? Code size?
> Compilation time?

I think a different question is worth asking -- did you measure any of above?

- Volodya

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