RE: [boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-04 Thread Alan . Griffiths
> -Original Message- > From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 September 2003 12:57 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > As already established, fundamentally the problem stems from broken > > implementations > > Who established that, and how? You did. Or have I jumped

[boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-04 Thread David Abrahams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As already established, fundamentally the problem stems from broken > implementations Who established that, and how? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com ___ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.

RE: [boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-04 Thread Alan . Griffiths
> -Original Message- > From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 September 2003 19:54 > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Bjarne Stroustrup [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: 03 September 2003 16:57 > >> > >> There wasn't much experience with exceptions at the tim

[boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-03 Thread David Abrahams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> -Original Message- >> From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 02 September 2003 18:46 >> > >> > /2/ Instead of guessing we can ask him. He is amazingly >> tolerant of idiot >> > questions. :) >> >> Go for it ;-) > > Done: here is what he has

RE: [boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-03 Thread Alan . Griffiths
> -Original Message- > From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 September 2003 18:46 > > > > /2/ Instead of guessing we can ask him. He is amazingly > tolerant of idiot > > questions. :) > > Go for it ;-) Done: here is what he has to say (with my summary of the discuss

[boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-02 Thread David Abrahams
"Iain K. Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> But is this a good design? It certainly isn't the only possible one. >> (Making all the code depend upon the definitions of both Network_err and >> File_system_err - which no doubt drags other stuff into the translation unit >> - isn't a design choi

RE: [boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-02 Thread Iain K. Hanson
On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 18:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Alan, did you read > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1781628 > > ?? > > I have, but (leaving aside the argument from authority) the

[boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-02 Thread David Abrahams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> -Original Message- >> From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Alan, did you read >> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1781628 >> ?? > > I have, but (leaving aside the argument from authority) the example is too > sketchy convinci

RE: [boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-02 Thread Alan . Griffiths
> -Original Message- > From: David Abrahams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Alan, did you read > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/1781628 > ?? I have, but (leaving aside the argument from authority) the example is too sketchy convincing. I don't see how any individual er

[boost] Re: Virtual inheritance in exception hierarchies

2003-09-02 Thread David Abrahams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I've recently been discussing the guideline recently added to the exceptions > policy page with Dave Abrahams and he has asked me to post my views here. > > There is a seductive form of arguement that I've seen repeatedly lead > projects into trouble which has made me