Re: C++ exceptions are broken.

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From	Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de>
Subject	Re: C++ exceptions are broken.
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Date	2016-03-12 16:50 -0600

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Am 12.03.2016 um 21:46 schrieb Mr Flibble:

> In general std::logic_error is more serious then std::runtime_error
> because you can often recover from a std::runtime_error but a
> std::logic_error exception is often a sign that something is seriously
> screwed and the only safe course of action is to terminate the
process.

I don't see any basis for that assumption.

std::logic_error includes stuff like std::domain_error (which is not 
even used by the STL) or std::invalid_argument, which might be some 
completely harmless rejection of input data.
On the other hand, std::runtime_error includes std::system_error, which 
might be quite hazardous depending on which system operation did fail.

Hergen


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