Why does this simple file read method does not work?

[babaliaris]

The catch clause should be by ref:

catch (std::ifstream::failure& e)

I did it but the issue was not fixed...

By the way if I remove the line:

//Set exception mask for file stream.
file.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit | std::ifstream::badbit);

then this access violation is not been thrown.