Advanced C++ Friends, Nesting, Static Members, and Exception Handling

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Catching an Exception

nOnce a throw is executed, control is immediately transferred from the try block to the first catch block in the thread of control whose type matches the type of operand associated with the throw.

nThe catch block is then executed and we either terminate, return, or continue at the first statement following the sequence of catch blocks in which the exception was handled.

nThink of throw as analogous to a function call and catch as analogous to a function definition. There can be multiple catch blocks each with a unique "formal argument" type.