bad_alloc

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bad_alloc  exception

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An exception class

#include <new>

Objects of class bad_alloc are thrown when the implementation cannot allocate storage. The class is derived from exception, and thrown by allocator, new, and others.

namespace std {
  class bad_alloc : public exception {
  public:
    bad_alloc() throw();
    bad_alloc(const bad_alloc&) throw();
    bad_alloc& operator=(const bad_alloc&) throw();
    virtual ~bad_alloc() throw();
    virtual const char* what() const throw();
  };
}

Exceptions, bad_cast, bad_exception, bad_typeid, domain_error, exception, invalid_argument, ios_base::failure, length_error, logic_error, out_of_range, overflow_error, range_error, runtime_error, underflow_error

ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems --Programming Language C++, Section 18.4.2.1