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<cstddef> <cstdlib> <version> (C++20) <limits> <climits>	<cfloat> <cstdint> (C++11) <new> <typeinfo>	<source_location> (C++20) <exception> <initializer_list> (C++11)   <compare> (C++20)	<coroutine> (C++20) <csignal> <csetjmp> <cstdarg>
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<concepts> (C++20)
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<stdexcept>	<cassert>	<cerrno>	<system_error> (C++11)
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<utility> <memory> <memory_resource> (C++17) <scoped_allocator> (C++11)   <expected> (C++23)	<bitset> <tuple> (C++11) <optional> (C++17) <any> (C++17)	<variant> (C++17) <type_traits> (C++11) <ratio> (C++11) <chrono> (C++11)	<typeindex> (C++11) <functional> <stacktrace> (C++23) <ctime>
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<string> <string_view> (C++17) <cstring>	<charconv> (C++17) <format> (C++20)	<cctype> <cwctype>	<cwchar> <cuchar> (C++11)
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<locale> <clocale>	<codecvt> (C++11/17)
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<span> (C++20) <array> (C++11) <vector>	<deque> <forward_list> (C++11) <list>	<map> <set> <queue>	<unordered_map> (C++11) <unordered_set> (C++11) <stack>
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<iterator>
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<ranges> (C++20)
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<algorithm>	<execution> (C++17)
Numerics
<complex> <random> (C++11)	<valarray> <numeric>	<bit> (C++20) <numbers> (C++20)	<cfenv> (C++11) <cmath>
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<iosfwd> <ios> <iomanip> <streambuf>	<istream> <ostream> <iostream>	<syncstream> (C++20) <spanstream> (C++23) <sstream> <fstream>	<cstdio> <cinttypes> (C++11) <strstream> (C++98/)
Regular expressions
<regex> (C++11)
Filesystem support
<filesystem> (C++17)
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<thread> (C++11) <atomic> (C++11) <mutex> (C++11)	<shared_mutex> (C++14) <condition_variable> (C++11)   <future> (C++11)	<stop_token> (C++20) <semaphore> (C++20)	<latch> (C++20) <barrier> (C++20)
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<cstdbool> (C++11/17/20) <ccomplex> (C++11/17/20)	<ctgmath> (C++11/17/20) <cstdalign> (C++11/17/20)	<ciso646> (until C++20) <stdatomic.h>

 

This header is part of the error handling library.

Types
exception	base class for exceptions thrown by the standard library components (class)
nested_exception (C++11)	a mixin type to capture and store current exceptions (class)
bad_exception	exception thrown when std::current_exception fails to copy the exception object (class)
unexpected_handler (removed in C++17)	the type of the function called by std::unexpected (typedef)
terminate_handler	the type of the function called by std::terminate (typedef)
exception_ptr (C++11)	shared pointer type for handling exception objects (typedef)
Functions
unexpected (removed in C++17)	function called when dynamic exception specification is violated (function)
uncaught_exceptionuncaught_exceptions (removed in C++20)(C++17)	checks if exception handling is currently in progress (function)
make_exception_ptr (C++11)	creates an std::exception_ptr from an exception object (function template)
current_exception (C++11)	captures the current exception in a std::exception_ptr (function)
rethrow_exception (C++11)	throws the exception from an std::exception_ptr (function)
throw_with_nested (C++11)	throws its argument with std::nested_exception mixed in (function template)
rethrow_if_nested (C++11)	throws the exception from a std::nested_exception (function template)
terminate	function called when exception handling fails (function)
get_terminate (C++11)	obtains the current terminate_handler (function)
set_terminate	changes the function to be called by std::terminate (function)
get_unexpected (C++11)(removed in C++17)	obtains the current unexpected_handler (function)
set_unexpected (removed in C++17)	changes the function to be called by std::unexpected (function)

Synopsis

namespace std {
  class exception;
  class bad_exception;
  class nested_exception;
 
  using terminate_handler = void (*)();
  terminate_handler get_terminate() noexcept;
  terminate_handler set_terminate(terminate_handler f) noexcept;
  [[noreturn]] void terminate() noexcept;
 
  int uncaught_exceptions() noexcept;
 
  using exception_ptr = /* unspecified */;
 
  exception_ptr current_exception() noexcept;
  [[noreturn]] void rethrow_exception(exception_ptr p);
  template<class E> exception_ptr make_exception_ptr(E e) noexcept;
 
  template<class T> [[noreturn]] void throw_with_nested(T&& t);
  template<class E> void rethrow_if_nested(const E& e);
}

Class std::exception

namespace std {
  class exception {
  public:
    exception() noexcept;
    exception(const exception&) noexcept;
    exception& operator=(const exception&) noexcept;
    virtual ~exception();
    virtual const char* what() const noexcept;
  };
}

Class std::bad_exception

namespace std {
  class bad_exception : public exception {
  public:
    // see [exception] for the specification of the special member functions
    const char* what() const noexcept override;
  };
}

Class std::nested_exception

namespace std {
  class nested_exception {
  public:
    nested_exception() noexcept;
    nested_exception(const nested_exception&) noexcept = default;
    nested_exception& operator=(const nested_exception&) noexcept = default;
    virtual ~nested_exception() = default;
 
    // access functions
    [[noreturn]] void rethrow_nested() const;
    exception_ptr nested_ptr() const noexcept;
  };
 
  template<class T> [[noreturn]] void throw_with_nested(T&& t);
  template<class E> void rethrow_if_nested(const E& e);
}

See also

• Error handling