Exception Handling and Opening a File?

Question

Is it possible to use exceptions with file opening as an alternative to using .is_open()?

For example:

ifstream input;

try{
  input.ope         


        

Answer 1

From the cppreference.com article on std::ios::exceptions

On failure, the failbit flag is set (which can be checked with member fail), and depending on the value set with exceptions an exception may be thrown.