Re: [Boost-Users] shared_ptr - no throw requirement

From: Victor A. Wagner, Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-18 16:38:25

the ramifications of having any destructor throw are too horrible to 
contemplate.
Well, maybe not "too horrible" but several articles have been written on 
the ensuing problems.
At Monday 2003-08-18 14:43, you wrote:
>What's the rational for the requirement that ~pointee() be no throw? Instead
>of nothrow could it have been specified that shared_ptr functions throw only
>if ~pointee() throws?
>
>This is also something that could go in the docs (assuming I didn't simply
>miss it).
>
>Thanks,
>Glen
>
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