TITLE: standard library exception appendix

(Newsgroup: comp.lang.c++.moderated, 5 Mar 2000)

UNKNOWN:

> >   I am responsible for setting up an exception policy for
> >group. I have read Stroustrup's book on exceptions. Are there
> >any good references on how to setup exception handling policy?
> >
> >I would like to have a stack trace with some of our exceptions.
> >Is there an automated way of getting the stack trace? I
> >presently am having everyone catch the exception and insert the
> >class and member function name. This continues until someone is
> >able to handle the exception.

WINGO: Tony Wingo <wingo@spamcop.net>
 
> Herb Sutter's book "Exceptional C++" has an excellent section on the 
> issues involved in writing exception-safe code.

STROUSTRUP: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)

Herb's book can be a good source of information on how to use exceptions.

Another source on exception-handling techniques is the my new
"Standard-Library Exception Safety" appendix which can be found on my
home pages. [http://www.research.att.com/~bs]


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