Re: [boost] Running b2 on develop needs asynch-exceptions=on

Subject: Re: [boost] Running b2 on develop needs asynch-exceptions=on
From: Raffi Enficiaud (raffi.enficiaud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-16 17:44:09

Le 16/03/15 21:21, Steven Watanabe a écrit :
> AMDG
>
> On 03/16/2015 02:06 PM, Raffi Enficiaud wrote:
>>
>> The MSDN documentation
>> (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1deeycx5.aspx) states that
>> managed code needs /EHa. This is a valid use of boost.test.
>> To my understanding it also means that removing this option would break
>> the currently existing test using managed code to work properly with the
>> boost.test that is built out of the box.
>>
>
> I think this is unavoidable if you depend on
> Boost.System.  Wouldn't Boost.System need
> to be built with /EHa as well?  We definitely
> shouldn't build all of Boost with /EHa by default.
>
> In Christ,
> Steven Watanabe
>

I agree that this is unavoidable. So the proposal here is to have the 
option "aynch-exception-on" visible and make the user be able to set it?