I'm trying to use `boost::exception` and have condensed my prototype code down to the example in the Boost exception tutorial (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_47_0/libs/exception/doc/tutorial_transportin...) however when running the code with the `BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION` macro I get an abort from the program. #include <iostream> #include <boost/exception/all.hpp> typedef boost::error_info<struct tag_my_info,int> my_info; struct my_error: virtual boost::exception, virtual std::exception { }; void f() { BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(my_error() << my_info(42)); // Uncomment the below (and comment the above) for the program to work //throw my_error() << my_info(42); } int main(int argc, char** argv) { try { f(); } catch(my_error& x) { if(int const* mi = boost::get_error_info<my_info>(x)) { std::cout << "My info: " << *mi << std::endl; } } return 0; } Running the code with the BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION macro: $ ./a.out Abort trap If as the comment says, I swap the code, all is well $ ./a.out My info: 42 Below is the output from the g++ preprocessor for f() void f() { ::boost::exception_detail::throw_exception_(my_error() << my_info(42),__PRETTY_FUNCTION__,"main.cpp",14); } Software versions are: $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-apple-darwin10 Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.6 (GCC) $ port list boost boost @1.47.0 devel/boost I'm on OSX SL using the tools provided by MacPorts. I've double checked the g++ search paths and there's only one copy of the boost hpp files and that's the ones that belong to the aforementioned boost package. I have no idea why the abort trap is being called. I admit I'm newish to C++. I've also asked this question on StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8256874/boost-throw-exception-causing-abo...) Cheers,