Question

How to handle error in the destructor?

(a) throwing

(b) terminate

(c) both throwing & terminate

(d) try

This question was addressed to me in a national level competition.

My question comes from Exceptions That Are Not Errors topic in chapter Derived Classes, Templates & Exception Handling in C++ of C++

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) terminate

Best explanation: It will not throw an exception from the destructor but it will the process by using terminate() function.