exception Class Reference

Base class for all library exceptions. More...

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This is the base class for all exceptions thrown by the standard library, and by certain language expressions. You are free to derive your own exception classes, or use a different hierarchy, or to throw non-class data (e.g., fundamental types).

Definition at line 54 of file exception.


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virtual const char* what (  )  const throw () [virtual]

Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of the current error.

Reimplemented in ios_base::failure, logic_error, and runtime_error.


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