Re: exception handling anti-patterns in documentation

From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-05-30 13:22:44

On 5/29/22 7:36 PM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
> On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 3:39 PM Andrzej Krzemienski via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Boost is a place to promote better
>> programming practices. And these "catch immediately after throw and
>> swallow" examples just do a disservice to the community.
> 
> Are you proposing something broad, that Boost documentation and sample
> code should adopt as a secondary goal, to teach best C++ practices in
> general?
> 
> Or is the scope of your post limited to just exception handling?
> 
> Thanks
> 

I think it's reasonable to expect that boost documentation demonstrate 
best practices and not antipatterns.

Of course there might not be as much agreement on what "best practices 
and not antipatterns" as people think there are.  In fact, I run into 
this all the time.

Robert Ramey