From 1848391038178046325 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,96a8c01f7043c2d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-27 21:36:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!194.176.220.129!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: francis.glassborow@ntlworld.com (Francis Glassborow) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposal: exception stack unwinding resumption Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 04:36:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Lines: 24 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: References: <6df0c6a8.0208260746.633710cb@posting.google.com> <6df0c6a8.0209170602.2cb54634@posting.google.com> <6df0c6a8.0209201925.6faa9e57@posting.google.com> <6df0c6a8.0209230602.2aba3ca8@posting.google.com> <6df0c6a8.0209240716.6fb5ec00@posting.google.com> <6df0c6a8.0209261854.4b087f03@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1033187789 10179 10.0.0.1 (28 Sep 2002 04:36:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 04:36:29 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17v9LA-0002e2-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 04:36:28 +0000 X-Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id OAA12670; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:36:17 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu X-Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-User-Agent: Turnpike/6.01-U () Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:14288 In article <6df0c6a8.0209261854.4b087f03@posting.google.com>, Pierre Baillargeon writes >I still find it amazing that people have objections to this. I >understand that people could refuse to design destructors that can >throw, but I find it strange that they would actively resists having >the C++ language support those that would like to write such code. The problem is cost-benefit. Providing such support would be very expensive both in the human resources used by WG21 and in the development costs for compiler vendors. The proponents need to persuade us that it is worth those costs. -- Francis Glassborow ACCU 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]