Up-voted a few of the others below too. I also found this which I thought was a high quality summary: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors-can-throw.htm

Up-voted a few of the others below too. I also found this which I thought was a high quality summary: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors-can-throw.html http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/ctors-can-throw.html