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Most exception classes are defined in one of the standard headers
<code class="filename">&lt;exception&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;stdexcept&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;new&gt;</code>, and
<code class="filename">&lt;typeinfo&gt;</code>.
The C++ 2011 revision of the standard added more exception types
in the headers
<code class="filename">&lt;functional&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;future&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;regex&gt;</code>, and
<code class="filename">&lt;system_error&gt;</code>.
The C++ 2017 revision of the standard added more exception types
in the headers
<code class="filename">&lt;any&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;filesystem&gt;</code>,
<code class="filename">&lt;optional&gt;</code>, and
<code class="filename">&lt;variant&gt;</code>.
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All exceptions thrown by the library have a base class of type
<code class="classname">std::exception</code>,
defined in <code class="filename">&lt;exception&gt;</code>.
This type has no <code class="classname">std::string</code> member.
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Derived from this are several classes that may have a
<code class="classname">std::string</code> member. A full hierarchy can be
found in the source documentation.
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The standard exception classes carry with them a single string as
data (usually describing what went wrong or where the 'throw' took
place). It's good to remember that you can add your own data to
these exceptions when extending the hierarchy:
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struct My_Exception : public std::runtime_error
{
public:
My_Exception (const string&amp; whatarg)
: std::runtime_error(whatarg), e(errno), id(GetDataBaseID()) { }
int errno_at_time_of_throw() const { return e; }
DBID id_of_thing_that_threw() const { return id; }
protected:
int e;
DBID id; // some user-defined type
};
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