C++ Primer, Fifth Edition

5.6.3. Standard Exceptions

The C++ library defines several classes that it uses to report problems encountered in the functions in the standard library. These exception classes are also intended to be used in the programs we write. These classes are defined in four headers:

• The exception header defines the most general kind of exception class named exception. It communicates only that an exception occurred but provides no additional information.

• The stdexcept header defines several general-purpose exception classes, which are listed in Table 5.1.

Table 5.1. Standard Exception Classes Defined in <stdexcept>

• The new header defines the bad_alloc ...