C++ 11 – Exception safe guidline from Jon Kalb

• Throw by value. Catch by reference
• No dynamic exception specifications. Use noexcept.
• Destructors that throw are evil.
• Use RAII. (Every responsibility is an object. One per.)
• All cleanup code called from a destructor
• Support swapperator (With No-Throw Guarantee)
• Draw “Critical Lines” for the Strong Guarantee
• Know where to catch (Switch/Strategy/Some Success)
• Prefer exceptions to error codes.

Where we should use “try, catch”

• Anywhere that we support the No-Throw Guarantee
• Destructors & Cleanup
• Swapperator & Moves
• C-API
• OS Callbacks
• UI Reporting
• Converting to other exception types
• Threads

And extra places
•Switch
•Strategy
•Some Success