-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Nasonov

2. catch(...) catches too many things on some compilers. I know only one (very popular) compiler that also catches system exceptions (aka SEH). Though, I don't remember how it rethrows those exceptions.

If you are talking about msvc, I think C++ exceptions are implemented on top of SEH. Sohail