----Original Message---- From: Peter Dimov [mailto:pdimov@mmltd.net] Sent: 08 December 2005 15:40 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [boost::throw_exception] and platforms where it don'tthrow
And of course in a situation where throw_exception is used to throw bad_alloc, an assertion makes even less sense, because there are no "logic errors" involved, and presenting the effects of a failed assertion to the end user would serve little purpose; the program could do nothing to defend itself from the out of memory situation.
But if a library is being used in an exception free environment, maybe presenting an assertion failure to the user is as good as you can do. -- Martin Bonner Martin.Bonner@Pitechnology.com Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ, ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1223 441434