NAME¶

std::exception::operator= - std::exception::operator=

Synopsis¶

exception& operator=( const exception& other ) throw(); (until C++11)
exception& operator=( const exception& other ) noexcept; (since C++11)

Copy assignment operator. Assigns the contents of other.

If *this and other both have dynamic type std::exception then std::strcmp(what(),
other.what()) == 0 after assignment.

Parameters¶

other - another exception to assign the contents of

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to
previously published C++ standards.

DR Applied to Behavior as published Correct behavior
required to be the same as
LWG 471 C++98 the effects of calling what() after the original
assignment are implementation-defined what() if the dynamic types
are the same