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(C++) exception guarantee

There are three types of exception guarantee:

• basic guarantee
• strong guarantee
• nothrow guarantee

 

Always provide the basic guarantee [1]. Provide the strong guarantee unless there is a reason not to [2].

 

 

 

 

Reference

 

1. Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language (4th edition). 2013. ISBN: 978-0-321-56384-2. Chapter 13.7. Advice. page 387: '[9] Always provide the basic guarantee'
2. Bjarne Stroustrup. The C++ Programming Language (4th edition). 2013. ISBN: 978-0-321-56384-2. Chapter 13.7. Advice. page 387: '[10] Provide the strong guarantee unless there is a reason not to'

 

 

 

 

 

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