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In article <9533212.28401@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>,
   fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) wrote:
>>
>>if unexpected re-throws the same exception [...]
>
>No, neither of those cases holds.  The reason that the guarnatee holds
>is that if an unexpected handler does throw an unexpected exception,
>the unexpected() function which called the handler will replace that
>exception with a `bad_exception' exception.

IOW, in an unexpected handler, "throw;" is the same as "throw bad_exception;"? 
 If true, this answers my concerns about Cline's/Lomow's recommendation.  
Where is this documented?

Thanks,

Herb


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