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<h2><a name="exceptions" id="exceptions">Exceptions</a></h2>
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The <code><exception></code> header provides functions and classes for exception control. One basic class is <code>exception</code>:
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<pre class="cpp code cpp" style="font-family:monospace;"><span class="kw2">class</span> exception
<span class="br0">{</span>
<span class="kw2">public</span><span class="sy4">:</span>
exception<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
exception<span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">const</span> exception<span class="sy3">&</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
exception<span class="sy3">&</span> operator<span class="sy1">=</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="kw4">const</span> exception<span class="sy3">&</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw2">virtual</span> ~exception<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
<span class="kw2">virtual</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw4">char</span> <span class="sy2">*</span>what<span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span> <span class="kw4">const</span> <span class="kw1">throw</span><span class="br0">(</span><span class="br0">)</span><span class="sy4">;</span>
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<h3><a name="standard_exceptions" id="standard_exceptions">Standard Exceptions</a></h3>
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<li class="level2"><div class="li"> <code>logic_error</code></div>
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<li class="level3"><div class="li"> <code>domain_error</code></div>
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<em>Logic</em> errors are thrown if the program has internal errors that are caused by the user of a function and that, in theory, are preventable.<br/>
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