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// Standard exception classes  -*- C++ -*-

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// ISO C++ 19.1  Exception classes
//

/** @file stdexcept
 *  This is a Standard C++ Library header.  You should @c #include this header
 *  in your programs, rather than any of the "st[dl]_*.h" implementation files.
 */

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_STDEXCEPT
#define _GLIBCXX_STDEXCEPT 1

#pragma GCC system_header

#include <exception>
#include <string>

namespace std 
{
  /** Logic errors represent problems in the internal logic of a program;
   *  in theory, these are preventable, and even detectable before the
   *  program runs (e.g., violations of class invariants).
   *  @brief One of two subclasses of exception.
   */
  class logic_error : public exception 
  {
    string _M_msg;

  public:
    /** Takes a character string describing the error.  */
    explicit 
    logic_error(const string&  __arg);

    virtual 
    ~logic_error() throw();

    /** Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of
     *  the current error (the same string passed to the ctor).  */
    virtual const char* 
    what() const throw();
  };

  /** Thrown by the library, or by you, to report domain errors (domain in
   *  the mathmatical sense).  */
  class domain_error : public logic_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit domain_error(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** Thrown to report invalid arguments to functions.  */
  class invalid_argument : public logic_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit invalid_argument(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** Thrown when an object is constructed that would exceed its maximum
   *  permitted size (e.g., a basic_string instance).  */
  class length_error : public logic_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit length_error(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** This represents an argument whose value is not within the expected
   *  range (e.g., boundary checks in basic_string).  */
  class out_of_range : public logic_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit out_of_range(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** Runtime errors represent problems outside the scope of a program;
   *  they cannot be easily predicted and can generally only be caught as
   *  the program executes.
   *  @brief One of two subclasses of exception.
   */
  class runtime_error : public exception 
  {
    string _M_msg;

  public:
    /** Takes a character string describing the error.  */
    explicit 
    runtime_error(const string&  __arg);

    virtual 
    ~runtime_error() throw();

    /** Returns a C-style character string describing the general cause of
     *  the current error (the same string passed to the ctor).  */
    virtual const char* 
    what() const throw();
  };

  /** Thrown to indicate range errors in internal computations.  */
  class range_error : public runtime_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit range_error(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** Thrown to indicate arithmetic overflow.  */
  class overflow_error : public runtime_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit overflow_error(const string&  __arg);
  };

  /** Thrown to indicate arithmetic underflow.  */
  class underflow_error : public runtime_error 
  {
  public:
    explicit underflow_error(const string&  __arg);
  };
} // namespace std

#endif /* _GLIBCXX_STDEXCEPT */

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