[Bug libstdc++/14493] No std::bad_alloc::what() const

[pme at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pme at gcc dot gnu dot org  2004-03-11 07:35 -------
> Honestly, is "std::bad_alloc" really that much more readable than
> "St9bad_alloc"?

The former is at least readable C++.  More importantly, it's what 'new'
is documented as throwing, so a programmer reading (good) documentation
for operator new will see "std::bad_alloc".


>  Especially compared to "bad allocation"?

Sure, we could change that.  I don't think "bad allocation" is any
better than the demangled type name, but we shouldn't be printing
a mangled typeid.  Others felt differently.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14493