Standard C++	Library

 NAME

   bad_alloc - is the type of the class	which describes	the exception
   thrown when a request for storage allocation	fails.

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <new>

   namespace std	{
     class bad_alloc : public exception {
     public:
       bad_alloc() throw();
       bad_alloc(const bad_alloc&) throw();
       bad_alloc& operator=(const bad_alloc&) throw();
       virtual ~bad_alloc() throw();
       virtual const char* what() const throw();
     };
   }

 DESCRIPTION

   bad_alloc() throw();

   This function	constructs an object of	class bad_alloc.

   bad_alloc(const bad_alloc&) throw();
   bad_alloc& operator=(const bad_alloc&) throw();

   These	functions copy an object of class bad_alloc.

   virtual const	char* what() const throw();

   what() returns a string providing information	about the error.  The
   string returned by what() is	implementation defined.

 SEE ALSO

   new, exception, new_handler

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
   ANSI X3J16/ISO WG21 Joint C++	Committee