Re: [boost] Outcome/expected/etc/etc/etc

Subject: Re: [boost] Outcome/expected/etc/etc/etc
From: Rob Stewart (rstewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-22 21:19:22

On June 5, 2017 8:06:27 AM EDT, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > I see this as a promising direction because it would allow you to
> store 
> > both  an error and an exception, as per the other thread.
> 
> To be more precise, you'll be able to represent the exact equivalent
> of the 
> two Filesystem overloads with a single function.
> 
>     R filesystem_api(); // throws filesystem_error
>     R filesystem_api( error_code& ec ) noexcept;
> 
> ->
> 
>     outcome<R> filesystem_api();

That changes the behavior for what was the throwing overload, doesn't it?

--
Rob
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