Rob Stewart <stewart@[...].com>  writes:

> > > Why would this -- no stack unwinding for an unhandled exception
> > > -- matter in boost::fsm?
> > 
> > Because boost::fsm doesn't allow me to discriminate
> > exception types and keep the stack from unwinding
> > (for unhandled exceptions) at the same time.
> 
>  Why would you want terminate() to be called without stack
>  unwinding on those platforms that do it?  What does that get you?

It doesn't destroy program state information when the termination
corresponds to a program bug.  But then, you probably want abort()
and not terminate().  You want a core dump for sure.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com

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