[Licq-devel] Re: Exceptions

> > The second question is, should we use throw-specifications when
> > defining methods or simply document which exceptions are thrown?
> 
> throw() specification on functions looks better to me, that way the
> compiler can also check if we throw something illegal.

It is not that simple with C++: It is specifically allowed to throw an
exception that is not mentioned in the exception-specification (while
this could be detected in some cases, g++-3.4.6 does not print any
warnings).

These situations are detected at run-time and if they happen,
unexpected() is called. See the C++ Standard, section 15.4, par 8 to 10.

I hope this helps.

Rudo.