Re: Is this exception-safe code template correct?
DeMarcus wrote:
Look at this code.
exampleVector_.push_back( "Something" );
ScopeGuard guard1 = makeScopeGuard( exampleVector_,
&std::vector<std::string>::pop_back );
What if makeScopeGuard throws?! It won't in this particular example, but
if the function to makeScopeGuard is a functor or if it takes
parameters, any of these may throw when copied. Then we have done an
irreversible push_back.
The parameters passed to makeScopeGuard() must be passed by reference, so
that this can not throw. Their use must not require any additional
resources (otherwise you would end up with a destructor that throws). If
storing them (which involves copying) throws, it must invoke the cleanup
immediately, so there you will actually need a try/catch-clause.
Mustn't we reverse the order to the following?
ScopeGuard guard1 = makeScopeGuard( exampleVector_,
&std::vector<std::string>::pop_back );
exampleVector_.push_back( "Something" );
Okay, what if push_back() throws now? Then the scope guard would pop a
nonexisting element off the vector.
Uli
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