18 Exception handling [except]

18.5 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() ([propagation]) and the class std​::​nested_­exception ([except.nested]) can be used by a program to capture the currently handled exception.

18.5.1 The std​::​terminate() function [except.terminate]

In some situations exception handling must be abandoned for less subtle error handling techniques.
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In such cases, std​::​terminate() is called ([exception.terminate]).
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 ([except.handle]) encounters the outermost block of a function with a non-throwing exception specification ([except.spec]), it is implementation-defined whether the stack is unwound, unwound partially, or not unwound at all before std​::​terminate() is called.
In all other situations, the stack shall not be unwound before 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 std​::​terminate().

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

An exception is considered uncaught after completing the initialization of the exception object ([except.throw]) until completing the activation of a handler for the exception ([except.handle]).
This includes stack unwinding.
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() ([uncaught.exceptions]) returns the number of uncaught exceptions in the current thread.