Re: [boost] [Stacktrace] review

Subject: Re: [boost] [Stacktrace] review
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-12-16 19:19:37

> This [the potential integration with throw_exception] is proving to be a 
> distraction from the Stacktrace review and I think that we need to 
> postpone this discussion for when Stacktrace is accepted.

Although, on second thought, there is one pertinent question that seems to 
have come up. Specifically, if the library should be extended to allow me to 
capture the trace on my own using RtlCaptureStackBackTrace or ::backtrace, 
then at some later point use the rest of the Stacktrace functionality. And 
additionally, can I do that for ::backtrace captures even when Stacktrace is 
using a different backend (unwind) as its default.

>From a quick look at the code, it seems that the library cannot currently 
use more than one backend at the same time because they are all named 'class 
backend'.

As a note, the documentation states that backtrace is a POSIX function, but 
it seems to be Linux-specific. I can't find it in the POSIX standard. I 
doubt that unwind is also standard POSIX.

Does the library support OS X?