From: Jens Maurer (Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-27 11:16:20
Kevlin Henney wrote:
> I think this is an excellent suggestion. What are Booster preferences
> from the following possibilities:
>
> (1) Add specific throws:
> (a) Not at all.
> (b) Distinguished by initialiser string.
> (c) Distinguished by enum.
> (d) Both (b) and (c).
(f) different exception types, all derived from a common base
(named bad_lexical_cast for backwards-compatibility with existing
catch clauses).
> (2) Add type information details:
> (a) Not at all.
> (b) In exception result string.
> (c) As attributes to represent the type_info of the source and target.
> (d) Both (b) and (c).
At least (c), (d) is probably not really necessary, but might be
nice to have anyway.
Jens Maurer