C++ In a Nutshell

Name

overflow_error class — Arithmetic overflow

Synopsis

class overflow_error : public runtime_error {
public:
  explicit overflow_error(const string& what_arg);
};

The overflow_error class can be used for arithmetic overflow. For example, bitset::to_ulong throws overflow_error if the arithmetic value of the bitset exceeds the maximum value of an unsigned long.

Note that overflow in most arithmetic expressions has undefined behavior; an implementation might throw overflow_error, but there is no guarantee that it will throw this or any other exception.

See Also

runtime_error class