C++ How to Program, 10/e

Exercises

1. 17.15 (Exceptional Conditions) List various exceptional conditions that have occurred throughout this text. List as many additional exceptional conditions as you can. For each of these exceptions, describe briefly how a program typically would handle the exception, using the exception-handling techniques discussed in this chapter. Some typical exceptions are division by zero, arithmetic overflow, array subscript out of bounds, exhaustion of the free store, etc.

2. 17.16 (Catch Parameter) Under what circumstances would you not provide a parameter name when defining the type of the object that will be caught by a handler?

3. 17.17 (throw Statement) A program contains the statement

   
   throw;
   

   Where would you normally expect to find ...