bad_exception Class

The class describes an exception that can be thrown from an unexpected handler.

class bad_exception
   : public exception {};

Remarks

unexpected will throw a bad_exception instead of terminating or instead of calling another function specified with set_unexpected if bad_exception is included in the throw list of a function.

The value returned by what is an implementation-defined C string. None of the member functions throw any exceptions.

For a list of members inherited by the bad_exception class, see exception Class.

Example

See set_unexpected for an example of the use of unexpected throwing a bad_exception.

Requirements

Header: <exception>

Namespace: std

See Also

Reference

exception Class

Thread Safety in the Standard C++ Library

Other Resources

<exception> Members