https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/626 <pre class="wiki">why the what function is not implemented in the thread_exception class while it is implemented in all its childs </pre> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/626 Trac 1.4.3 Roland Schwarz Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:34:28 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/626#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/626#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">assigned</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> </ul> <pre class="wiki">Logged In: YES user_id=541730 The thread_exception is not intended to be thrown. It is just a base class for the others. Since the std::exception has a virtual what, you can catch for thread_exception and get the appropriate what of the actually thrown exception. </pre> Ticket