Select topics to narrow your question pool, then enable Random to jump to a random question matching your filters.

C++ Quiz #158

Where catch(...) Has to Go

hardExceptions

As written, catch (...) is the LAST handler and the program prints runtime: disk and then something else. What would change if catch (...) were moved ABOVE the std::runtime_error handler?

📄 Code

1#include <iostream>
2#include <stdexcept>
3 
4void attempt(int kind) {
5    try {
6        if (kind == 1) {
7            throw std::runtime_error("disk");
8        }
9        throw 42;
10    } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
11        std::cout << "runtime: " << e.what() << "\n";
12    } catch (...) {
13        std::cout << "something else\n";
14    }
15}
16 
17int main() {
18    attempt(1);
19    attempt(2);
20    return 0;
21}