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C++ Quiz #152

Nested try With a Rethrow

mediumExceptions

The inner handler prints a line and then rethrows with a bare throw;. What is printed?

📄 Code

1#include <iostream>
2#include <stdexcept>
3 
4int main() {
5    std::cout << "start\n";
6    try {
7        try {
8            throw std::runtime_error("boom");
9        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
10            std::cout << "inner saw " << e.what() << "\n";
11            throw;
12        }
13        std::cout << "after inner try\n";
14    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
15        std::cout << "outer saw " << e.what() << "\n";
16    }
17    std::cout << "end\n";
18    return 0;
19}