Standard C++ Library

NAME

  bad_exception - defines the type of object thrown from an unexpected
  handler.

SYNOPSIS

  #include <exception>

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

DESCRIPTION

  bad_exception() throw();

  This function constructs an object of class bad_exception.

  bad_exception(const bad_exception&) throw();
  bad_exception& operator=(const bad_exception&) throw();

  These functions copy an object of class bad_exception.

  virtual const char* what() const throw();

  what() returns a string providing information about the error.  The string
  returned by what() is implementation defined.

SEE ALSO

  exception, unexpected_handler

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

  ANSI X3J16/ISO WG21 Joint C++ Committee