This is the base class for all exceptions thrown by the standard library, and by certain language expressions. You are free to derive your own exception classes, or use a different hierarchy, or to throw non-class data (e.g., fundamental types).
Definition at line 56 of file exception.
virtual const char* std::exception::what | ( | ) | const throw () [virtual] |
Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of the current error.
Reimplemented in std::bad_exception, std::bad_alloc, std::bad_cast, std::bad_typeid, std::logic_error, std::runtime_error, std::ios_base::failure, std::bad_weak_ptr, __gnu_cxx::__concurrence_lock_error, __gnu_cxx::__concurrence_unlock_error, __gnu_cxx::__concurrence_broadcast_error, and __gnu_cxx::__concurrence_wait_error.