14 Exception handling [except]

14.6 Special functions [except.special]

The function std​::​terminate ([except.terminate]) is used by the exception handling mechanism for coping with errors related to the exception handling mechanism itself.
The function std​::​current_­exception() and the class std​::​nested_­exception can be used by a program to capture the currently handled exception.

14.6.1 The std​::​terminate function [except.terminate]

In some situations exception handling must be abandoned for less subtle error handling techniques.
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These situations are:
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In such cases, the function std​::​terminate is called.
In the situation where no matching handler is found, it is implementation-defined whether or not the stack is unwound before std​::​terminate is called.
In the situation where the search for a handler encounters the outermost block of a function with a non-throwing exception specification, it is implementation-defined whether the stack is unwound, unwound partially, or not unwound at all before the function std​::​terminate is called.
In all other situations, the stack shall not be unwound before the function std​::​terminate is called.
An implementation is not permitted to finish stack unwinding prematurely based on a determination that the unwind process will eventually cause a call to the function std​::​terminate.

14.6.2 The std​::​uncaught_­exceptions() function [except.uncaught]

An exception is considered uncaught after completing the initialization of the exception object until completing the activation of a handler for the exception ([except.handle]).
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As a consequence, an exception is considered uncaught during any stack unwinding resulting from it being thrown.
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If an exception is rethrown ([expr.throw], [propagation]), it is considered uncaught from the point of rethrow until the rethrown exception is caught.
The function std​::​uncaught_­exceptions() returns the number of uncaught exceptions in the current thread.