Re: [Boost-users] exceptions from boost::filesystem not catchable on os/x 10.6.8 boost-1.47.0

On Sep 4, 2011, at 5:51 PM, david x callaway wrote:

source below. when I run it with a non-existent filename I expect to catch an exception, but instead nothing happens, i.e. I just return to the shell prompt. I tried defining a struct locally and throwing it and the catch works fine.

any ideas?

Looks like it'll just return false unless something really bad happens. Cheers Gordon