[Boost-users] Re: Guidelines for effective exception usage

"Jonathan Turkanis" writes:

"David Abrahams" wrote in message news:uu0utmv5h.fsf@boost-consulting.com...

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Jeff Holle writes:

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No it is not. Even if you aren't throwing due to memory starvation, you could run out of memory during unwinding, when the exception is copied. That leads you directly to terminate(). Do not pass Go; do not collect $200.

So basically my advice is all wrong ?

?? I only said Jeff was wrong.

If you have to embed strings, make sure all allocation takes place at the time of construction, and use reference counting?

Yes, that's right. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com