Hi all - I like that boost::exception provides a mechanism to copy exceptions. This can be used to transport an exception across thread boundaries, which is nice. I'm running a program that can optionally start nodes using MPI to do back-end computations. I'd like to be able to "copy" the exception from one node to another. Are there any existing tools for something like a serialization of these kinds of exceptions? In non-MPI mode, I'd like to transport the exception across thread boundaries, pass it through some functions (causing actions to be taken along the way), and then finally to rethrow the exception. In MPI mode I want all of that PLUS, in place of one of the function calls, I'd like to transport the exception across MPI in some way. Are there any semi-automatic tools already in existence that will get me this (or close)? Or do I need to implement boost serialization for my entire exception hierarchy? If I do the latter, it seems I will need to operator new the exception, and will not easily be able to know when I can delete in a catch? Thanks, Brian