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| The C and POSIX standards guarantee that <code class="varname">errno</code> |
| is never set to zero by any library function. |
| The C++ standard has less to say about when <code class="varname">errno</code> |
| is or isn't set, but libstdc++ follows the same rule and never sets |
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| On the other hand, there are few guarantees about when the C++ library |
| sets <code class="varname">errno</code> on error, beyond what is specified for |
| functions that come from the C library. |
| For example, when <code class="function">std::stoi</code> throws an exception of |
| type <code class="classname">std::out_of_range</code>, <code class="varname">errno</code> |
| may or may not have been set to <code class="constant">ERANGE</code>. |
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| Parts of the C++ library may be implemented in terms of C library |
| functions, which may result in <code class="varname">errno</code> being set |
| with no explicit call to a C function. For example, on a target where |
| <code class="function">operator new</code> uses <code class="function">malloc</code> |
| a failed memory allocation with <code class="function">operator new</code> might |
| set <code class="varname">errno</code> to <code class="constant">ENOMEM</code>. |
| Which C++ library functions can set <code class="varname">errno</code> in this way |
| is unspecified because it may vary between platforms and between releases. |
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