Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.47 and exception_ptr

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.47 and exception_ptr
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-28 20:18:30

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Travis Gockel <travis_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> I'm working on upgrading from Boost 1.46.1 to 1.47 and having one tiny
> little problem with exception_ptr.  Currently, some of my systems keep an
> exception_ptr around to denote if they have a "current exception" or not.
>  At times, we need to "clear" the current exception (it was resolved or
> whatever), which we used to do by calling ex->reset().  However, as of 1.47,
> excecption_ptr is no longer just a shared_ptr, so reset() has gone away.
>  What is the new preferred way of getting this old functionality?  I can't
> seem to find the way in the source.

The official documentation for boost::exception_ptr is at
www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/libs/exception/doc/exception_ptr.html.
Essentially, boost::exception_ptr is default-constructable, so you can
do ex=boost::exception_ptr().

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode