Re: [Boost-users] How to store on exception object ?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] How to store on exception object ?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-08-31 11:04:22

AMDG

Timothy Madden wrote:
> In a callback function I need to store and save an exception object 
> for until the callback is finished and the control is returned to my 
> application code. The callback is invoked by the C language code in 
> minizip library from zlib-1.2.3 contrib directory, and I need to throw 
> the exception when control returns to my application invoking minizip 
> functions.
>
> This is true for any exception that might get thrown and caught in my 
> callback, so I would like to do that for any exception type.
>
> However how can I store a thrown object for later re-throw without the 
> actual exception type ? Is there a way to do that ?

I think this is what boost::exception_ptr is for.
http://www.boost.org/libs/exception/doc/exception_ptr.html

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe