Exam 12: Handling Exceptions

Be careful when writing an exception specification using a(n) ____ because any type might eventually be instantiated.

When an object-oriented program detects an error within a function, the function should send an error object to the calling function, or ____________________ an exception.

____ an exception is the act of explicitly passing a caught exception along to a higher-level catch block.

A general rule of ____ programming is that a function should be able to determine an error situation, but not necessarily take action on it.

You throw an exception by using the keyword throw followed by ____ object.

When a function throws an exception, the function is no longer ____.

Visual C++ departs from the ____ standard in its implementation of exception specifications.

Describe one disadvantage of using the default catch block.

To use the set_new_handler() function, you should insert ____ at the top of your program file.