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C++ Quiz #144

The Base Handler Comes First

mediumExceptions

A std::runtime_error is thrown, and the handler for std::exception is written BEFORE the handler for std::runtime_error. Which handler runs?

📄 Code

1#include <iostream>
2#include <stdexcept>
3 
4int main() {
5    try {
6        throw std::runtime_error("disk error");
7    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
8        std::cout << "general: " << e.what() << "\n";
9    } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
10        std::cout << "specific: " << e.what() << "\n";
11    }
12    return 0;
13}