From e0defd997239ce61b7a38db0cdd2b761ac8d57f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jwellbelove <github@wellbelove.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:17:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Base exception class

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+///\file
+
+/******************************************************************************
+The MIT License(MIT)
+
+Embedded Template Library.
+
+Copyright(c) 2014 jwellbelove
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files(the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and / or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions :
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __etl_exception__
+#define __etl_exception__
+
+namespace etl 
+{
+  //***************************************************************************
+  /// A low overhead exception base class.
+  ///</summary>
+  //***************************************************************************
+  class exception
+  {
+  public:
+
+    typedef const char* value_type;
+
+    //*************************************************************************
+    /// Constructor.
+    //*************************************************************************
+    exception(value_type reason)
+      : reason(reason)
+    {
+    }
+
+    //***************************************************************************
+    /// Gets the reason for the exception.
+    /// \return const char* to the reason.</returns>
+    //***************************************************************************
+    value_type what() const
+    {
+      return reason;
+    }
+
+  private:
+
+    value_type reason; ///< The reason for the exception.
+  };
+}
+
+#endif