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Title:	DCL57-CPP. Do not let exceptions escape from destructors or deallocation functions
Author:	Aaron Ballman	Dec 05, 2014
Last Changed by:	David Svoboda	Jun 25, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/G3s-BQ
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (2)     Page: ERR58-CPP. Handle all exceptions thrown before main() begins executing     Page: ERR50-CPP. Do not abruptly terminate the program

Parent Page     Page: Rule 01. Declarations and Initialization (DCL)

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Time	Editor
Jun 25, 2025 10:53	David Svoboda	View Changes
REM Cost Reform
Sep 02, 2022 16:02	Jon O'Donnell	View Changes
Dec 09, 2021 09:28	Jill Britton	View Changes
Aug 23, 2021 13:56	David Svoboda	View Changes
Jun 25, 2021 06:03	Svyatoslav Razmyslov

External Links (11)
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v509/
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v1045/
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcdcl57cpp.…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/PVS-S…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/Polys…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…
    https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/pages/viewpage…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/function-try-blo…

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