David Abrahams said: > "William E. Kempf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> People said they wanted it, and the cost is low (one int). I think >>> Greg is right that they wanted to attempt system-dependent recovery. >> >> Well, I can agree that the cost is low... so I won't argue too much >> about including it. I just want to feel comfortable with the >> rationale. > > I think a rationale goes like this: > > suppose the platform gives you a function for converting an error code > into an error message (realistic, I think). How much code do you have > to write in order to take advantage of it?
Contrasted with, "If a platform has the ability, the error is translated into a message that's returned as part of what()." That's where I feel uncomfortable with the reationale. William E. Kempf [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
