std::exception(3) Library Functions Manual std::exception(3) NAME std::exception - Base class for all library exceptions. SYNOPSIS #include Inherited by , , , , __gnu_cxx::forced_error, __gnu_cxx::recursive_init_error, std::bad_alloc, std::bad_cast, std::bad_exception, and std::bad_function_call. Public Member Functions _GLIBCXX26_CONSTEXPR exception (const exception &)=default _GLIBCXX26_CONSTEXPR exception (exception &&)=default _GLIBCXX26_CONSTEXPR exception & operator= (const exception &)=default _GLIBCXX26_CONSTEXPR exception & operator= (exception &&)=default virtual constexpr const char * what () const noexcept Detailed Description Base class for all library exceptions. 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). Member Function Documentation virtual constexpr const char * std::exception::what () const [inline], [constexpr], [virtual], [noexcept] Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of the current error. Reimplemented in std::bad_alloc, std::bad_cast, std::bad_exception, std::bad_function_call, std::bad_typeid, std::bad_weak_ptr, std::experimental::filesystem::v1::filesystem_error, std::experimental::fundamentals_v1::bad_any_cast, std::filesystem::filesystem_error, std::future_error, std::ios_base::failure, std::logic_error, and std::runtime_error. Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for libstdc++ from the source code. libstdc++ std::exception(3)