C++ get description of an exception caught in catch(…) block

Question

can I get description of an exception caught by

catch(...)

block? something like .what() of std::exception.

Answer 1

Quoting bobah

#include 

#include 
#include 
#include 

int main()
{
    try {
        throw ...; // throw something
    }
    catch(...)
    {
        std::exception_ptr p = std::current_exception();
        std::clog <<(p ? p.__cxa_exception_type()->name() : "null") << std::endl;
    }
    return 1;
}