Re: [boost] Use of boost in safety critical work

Subject: Re: [boost] Use of boost in safety critical work
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-08 07:35:27

On 06/12/14 12:12, Paul A. Bristow wrote:

> Nearly all Boost libraries assume use of exceptions, so are unsuited to
> applications that forbid exceptions, usually to meet hard real-time
> requirements.

That's not true.
Most people have done the required work to make their libraries work 
correctly without exceptions.

It's simple, all you have to do is use BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION instead of 
throw.

Then you can globally disable exceptions and define your own function 
that gets called instead.
Of course this is a bit limited, as you cannot easily do proper error 
management, but most of the time it is good enough.