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The iostreams by default do not throw exceptions when errors occur. If you want to enable them:
cout.execeptions( std::ios::badbit );
would enable exceptions if badbit is set.
To enable them all:
cout.execeptions( std::ios::badbit
| std::ios::eofbit
| std::ios::failbit );
The exceptions thrown are of type:
std::ios_base::failure
which is derived from std::exception
.
In general though, it is easier not to use execptions, but to use constructs like:
while( std::getline( myStreamObj, line )){// process line}