std::exception

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Utilities library
Error handling
std::exception
Member functions exception::exception exception::~exception exception::operator= exception::what

Defined in header <exception>
class exception;

Provides consistent interface to handle errors through the throw expression.

Most of the exception classes inherit from std::exception

• logic_error

• invalid_argument
• domain_error
• length_error
• out_of_range

• runtime_error

• range_error
• overflow_error
• underflow_error

• ios_base::failure
• bad_typeid
• bad_cast
• bad_alloc

• bad_array_new_length

Member functions

(constructor)	constructs the exception object (public member function)
(destructor) [virtual]	destructs the exception object (virtual public member function)
operator=	copies exception object (public member function)
what [virtual]	returns explanatory string (virtual public member function)