Getting a stack trace in C++ exceptions

Question

The fact a stack/function trace is supplied in Java/C# exceptions is really useful. Is there a handy way to do this in C++ or would I have to bake extra data into every method/function?

Answer 1

Most debuggers can be set up to pause your program each time an exception is thrown (either any exception or an exception for which there's no handler) so that you can obserevr a call stack.

Also if your code only throws exceptions of classes you control you can put code for dumping the call stack in those classes constructors.