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<li><tt>__cxa_begin_catch</tt> takes a exception structure reference as an
argument and returns the value of the exception object.</li>
- <li><tt>__cxa_end_catch</tt> takes a exception structure reference as an
- argument. This function clears the exception from the exception space.
+ <li><tt>__cxa_end_catch</tt> takes no arguments. This function
+ <ul>Locates the most recently caught exception and decrements its handler
+ count.</ul>
+ <ul>Removes the exception from the "caught" stack if the handler count goes
+ to zero.</ul>
+ <ul>Destroys the exception if the handler count goes to zero, and the
+ exception was not re-thrown by throw.</ul>
Note: a rethrow from within the catch may replace this call with
a <tt>__cxa_rethrow</tt>.</li>
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