| Synopsis: | Do not catch exceptions you are not supposed to know about |
| Language: | C++ |
| Severity Level: | 9 |
| Category: | Error Handling |
| Description: |
Catch an exception only when you actually can do something about the problem that caused it or at least leave the application in a consistent state. Else throw it along and let someone up the call stack handle it. |
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| StackOverflow |