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<div class="textblock"><p>Base class for all library exceptions. </p>
<p>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). </p>
<p>Definition at line <a class="el" href="a01166_source.html#l00062">62</a> of file <a class="el" href="a01166_source.html">exception</a>.</p>
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<p>Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of the current error. </p>
<p>Reimplemented in <a class="el" href="a00732.html#a8d1ec8205dbb2c43207f9efbce1cc47d">std::ios_base::failure</a>, <a class="el" href="a00581.html#afab564631ed539e8880f51d6ed0bbd2e">std::bad_typeid</a>, <a class="el" href="a00578.html#a7b9f49affedc6eaf717b5729e51a4ee9">std::bad_cast</a>, <a class="el" href="a00907.html#afe157b9d771e03a76881ce352fda7453">std::runtime_error</a>, <a class="el" href="a00670.html#a95833ed17fb6f056709e29abdc50f50c">std::future_error</a>, <a class="el" href="a00579.html#a60d49323883dc12820f71a777fe4bce7">std::bad_exception</a>, <a class="el" href="a00804.html#aa28a91a0ce2f92539f449e498c9e2f24">std::logic_error</a>, <a class="el" href="a00577.html#a6e36015d13822361895a275c6b4d1720">std::bad_alloc</a>, and <a class="el" href="a00582.html#adfea1fffacfb8c9c39f374e16ec7315c">std::bad_weak_ptr</a>.</p>
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