c++ - Is there any way to get some information at least for catch(...)?

Question

Is there any way to get at least some information inside of here?

...
catch(...)
{
  std::cerr << "Unhandled exception" << std::endl;
}

I have this as a last resort around all my code. Would it be better to let it crash, because then I at least could get a crash report?

Answer 1

No, there isn't any way. Try making all your exception classes derive from one single class, like std::exception, and then catch that one.

You could rethrow in a nested try, though, in an attempt to figure out the type. But then you could aswell use a previous catch clause (and ... only as fall-back).