the code works at least with gcc 4.2.3 Oliver
#include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> #include <stdexcept>
#include <boost/bind.hpp> #include <boost/mpl/vector.hpp> #include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <future.hpp>
struct X { std::string msg;
X( std::string const& msg_) : msg( msg_) {} };
int add( int a, int b) { throw X("abc"); return a + b; }
void execute( boost::function< void() > fn) { fn(); }
int main( int argc, char *argv[]) { try { boost::promise< int > p; boost::future_wrapper< int, boost::mpl::vector< X > > wrapper( boost::bind( add, 11, 13), p); boost::future< int > f( p);
boost::thread t( boost::bind( & execute, wrapper) );
std::cout << "add = " << f.get() << std::endl;
return EXIT_SUCCESS; } catch ( X const& x) { std::cerr << x.msg << std::endl; } catch ( std::exception const& e) { std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl; } catch ( ... ) { std::cerr << "unhandled exception" << std::endl; } return EXIT_FAILURE; }