Re: [boost] Boost and exceptions

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost and exceptions
From: Roger Martin (roger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-06-22 11:55:45

On 06/22/2012 11:30 AM, Fabio Fracassi wrote:
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> Yes it is, because in reality boost exception solves problems for the 
> users of any library that uses it. When using boost exception I can 
> safely let exceptions escape threads and have them rethrown in the 
> starting thread, for instance.
I use this heavily and it works great while simplifying  code 
considerably.  Got rid of bubbling errors and multiple ways to do 
exceptions/errors. When the unified boost exceptions  came into 
existence tried them and immediately found a difference in code style, 
code size, readability and code maintenance.  Boost threads, smart 
pointers, unified exceptions, timers, etc. improved C++ multi-thread 
programming for me considerably.  And now boost threads and exceptions 
are working with the same code on Windows, Mac and Linux with all gnu 
compile.
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> ...
> It has a real and important reason, because it unifies boost exception 
> handling, nearly for free. The few boost libraries which do not use 
> it, serialization most notably, cause trouble because they need extra 
> care to make exception handling well behaved.
Catching and handling is now so much better it is good to reflect on 
what was achieved since ~1.38
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