Tom Brinkman writes:

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Exceptions are a fact of C++ life. You can't avoid them if for no other reason than std::bad_alloc, unless you don't allocate from the free store.

Not true, there are no-throw versions of std::new.

In any event, my point is that c++ exception handeling should be optional. Boost libraries need to be updated to reflect this.

I used to support both return codes and exceptions. Eventually I gave up supporting return codes, because attempting to support both was quite difficult. Dropping support for return codes was kind of a difficult decision for me -- but after not being able to think of another project that supports both, I decided to only support exceptions. Since making that decision, I feel I'm able to make faster progress in other areas. Do you know of any libraries that support both return codes and exceptions? -- Brian Wood Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net (651) 251-9384