On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:39:35AM -0700, Emil Dotchevski wrote:
addition to boost, and the what() function of class boost::exception. You're probably thinking about std::exception::what(), which is different.
I see. Indeed I was confusing the two.
named it what() because its purpose is very similar: to identify the exception (info stored in the exception) object, not to format a message for the user.
Still, I *do* use the what() string in std::exception to format a message for the user, and this turns out to work pretty well. AFAIK, the standard doesn't assign a purpose to the what() string---It is what it is, a string held by the exception object. Regards -Gerhard -- Gerhard Wesp ZRH office voice: +41 (0)44 668 1878 ZRH office fax: +41 (0)44 668 1818 For the rest I claim that raw pointers must be abolished.