std::bad_exception

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Defined in header <exception>
class bad_exception;

std::bad_exception is the type of the exception thrown by the C++ runtime in the following situations:

1) If a dynamic exception specification is violated and std::unexpected throws or rethrows an exception that still violates the exception specification, but the exception specification allows std::bad_exception, std::bad_exception is thrown.
2) If std::exception_ptr stores a copy of the caught exception and if the copy constructor of the exception object caught by current_exception throws an exception, the captured exception is an instance of std::bad_exception.
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[edit] Member functions

constructs the bad_exception object
(public member function)
copies the object
(public member function)
[virtual]
returns the explanatory string
(virtual public member function)

Inherited from std::exception

Member functions

[virtual]
destructs the exception object
(virtual public member function of std::exception)
[virtual]
returns an explanatory string
(virtual public member function of std::exception)

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <exception>
#include <stdexcept>
 
void my_unexp() { throw; }
 
void test() throw(std::bad_exception)
{
    throw std::runtime_error("test");
}
 
int main()
{
    std::set_unexpected(my_unexp);
    try {
         test();
    } catch(const std::bad_exception& e)
    {
        std::cerr << "Caught " << e.what() << '\n';
    }
}

Output:

Caught std::bad_exception