# std::terminate_handler

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Defined in header `<exception>` |  |
typedef void (*terminate_handler)(); |  |

`std::terminate_handler` is the function pointer type (pointer to function that takes no arguments and returns void), which is installed and queried by the functions std::set_terminate and std::get_terminate and called by std::terminate.

The C++ implementation provides a default `std::terminate_handler` function, which calls std::abort(). If the null pointer value is installed (by means of std::set_terminate), the implementation may restore the default handler instead.

### See also

terminate | function called when exception handling fails (function)
set_terminate | changes the function to be called by std::terminate (function)
get_terminate (C++11) | obtains the current terminate_handler (function)

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