Why doesn't 'd /= d' throw a division by zero exception when d == 0?

Question

I don\'t quite understand why I don\'t get a division by zero exception:

int d = 0;
d /= d;

I expected

Answer 1

Note that you can have your code generate a C++ exception in this (and other cases) by using boost safe numerics. https://github.com/boostorg/safe_numerics