24 Mar
2011
24 Mar
'11
4:29 p.m.
At Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:47:41 -0400, Gruenke, Matt wrote:
I use exceptions, but I'm also sympathetic to those who can't use or don't want them. I'm skeptical that all libraries can or should be designed to work without exceptions.
+1
Would it be possible to simply specify which libraries support exception-free operation, in a fashion similar to how certain libraries are called out as header-only?
+1
There's a potentially further distinction between libraries which propagate exceptions to the caller and those which only require them internally.
-1. Until there's a demonstrated need, let's not overspecify -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com