From d6446d1cfb30f9e96d4ee8ca8e46117ec364cc74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 17:36:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add error_code throws

[SVN r48577]
---
 include/boost/system/error_code.hpp | 3 +++
 src/error_code.cpp                  | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp b/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp
index a5db008..9f5a207 100644
--- a/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/system/error_code.hpp
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ namespace boost
 
     };
 
+    //  predefined error_code object used as "throw on error" tag
+    BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL extern error_code throws;
+
     //  non-member functions  ------------------------------------------------//
 
     inline bool operator!=( const error_code & lhs,
diff --git a/src/error_code.cpp b/src/error_code.cpp
index f2623fc..3c4c762 100644
--- a/src/error_code.cpp
+++ b/src/error_code.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ namespace boost
   namespace system
   {
 
+    BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL error_code throws; // "throw on error" special error_code;
+                                         //  note that it doesn't matter if this
+                                         //  isn't initialized before use since
+                                         //  the only use is to take its
+                                         //  address for comparison purposes
+
     BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL const error_category & get_system_category()
     {
       static const system_error_category  system_category_const;