bad-exception-class.md

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bad_exception Class | Microsoft Docs		11/04/2016			cpp-standard-libraries		article	exception/std::bad_exception	C++	bad_exception class	5ae2c4ef-c7ad-4469-8a9e-a773e86bb000	20	corob-msft	corob	ghogen

bad_exception Class

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

Syntax

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

exception Class Thread Safety in the C++ Standard Library