Re: [Boost-users] Why intrusive_ptr destructor can throw exceptions?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-18 08:35:36

Pavel Syomin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I found another difference between shared_ptr and intrusive_ptr
> behavior:
>
>    * shared_ptr destructor never throw exceptions;
>    * intrusive_ptr destructor can throw exceptions.
>
> In my opinion, ~intrusive_ptr() should not throw exceptions too,
> because current behavior is much complicated and fraught with memory
> leak bugs.

~intrusive_ptr never throws any exceptions on its own; if 
intrusive_ptr_release doesn't throw, neither will the destructor.