Standard library header <exception>

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This header is part of the error handling library.

Classes

base class for exceptions thrown by the standard library components
(class)
a mixin type to capture and store current exceptions
(class)
exception thrown when std::current_exception fails to copy the exception object
(class)

Typedefs

(removed in C++17)
the type of the function called by std::unexpected
(typedef)
the type of the function called by std::terminate
(typedef)
shared pointer type for handling exception objects
(typedef)

Functions

(removed in C++17)
function called when dynamic exception specification is violated
(function)
(deprecated in c++17)(removed in C++20)(C++17)
checks if exception handling is currently in progress
(function)
creates an std::exception_ptr from an exception object
(function template)
captures the current exception in a std::exception_ptr
(function)
throws the exception from an std::exception_ptr
(function)
throws its argument with std::nested_exception mixed in
(function template)
throws the exception from a std::nested_exception
(function template)
function called when exception handling fails
(function)
obtains the current terminate_handler
(function)
changes the function to be called by std::terminate
(function)
(C++11)(removed in C++17)
obtains the current unexpected_handler
(function)
(removed in C++17)
changes the function to be called by std::unexpected
(function)

Synopsis

namespace std {
    class exception;
    class bad_exception;
    class nested_exception;

    typedef void (*unexpected_handler)();
    unexpected_handler get_unexpected() noexcept;
    unexpected_handler set_unexpected(unexpected_handler f) noexcept;
    [[noreturn]] void unexpected();

    typedef void (*terminate_handler)();
    terminate_handler get_terminate() noexcept;
    terminate_handler set_terminate(terminate_handler f) noexcept;
    [[noreturn]] void terminate() noexcept;

    bool uncaught_exception() noexcept;

    typedef /*unspecified*/ exception_ptr;

    exception_ptr current_exception() noexcept;
    [[noreturn]] void rethrow_exception(exception_ptr p);
    template<class E> exception_ptr make_exception_ptr(E e) noexcept;

    [[noreturn]] template <class T> void throw_with_nested(T&& t);
    template <class E> void rethrow_if_nested(const E& e);
}

Class std::exception

class exception {
public:
    exception() noexcept;
    exception(const exception&) noexcept;
    exception& operator=(const exception&) noexcept;
    virtual ~exception();
    virtual const char* what() const noexcept;
};

Class std::bad_exception

class bad_exception : public exception {
public:
    bad_exception() noexcept;
    bad_exception(const bad_exception&) noexcept;
    bad_exception& operator=(const bad_exception&) noexcept;
    virtual const char* what() const noexcept;
};


Class std::nested_exception

class nested_exception {
public:
    nested_exception() noexcept;
    nested_exception(const nested_exception&) noexcept = default;
    nested_exception& operator=(const nested_exception&) noexcept = default;
    virtual ~nested_exception() = default;

    // access functions
    [[noreturn]] void rethrow_nested() const;
    exception_ptr nested_ptr() const noexcept;
};

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