new_abi.cpp

#define _GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI 1
#include <ios>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <exception>

extern const std::type_info& old_abi_failure;
const std::type_info& new_abi_failure = typeid(std::ios::failure&);

bool is_ios_failure(std::exception& e) {
    const std::type_info& e_type = typeid(e);
    if (e_type.hash_code() == old_abi_failure.hash_code()) {
        return true;
    } else if (e_type.hash_code() == new_abi_failure.hash_code()) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

old_abi.cpp

#define _GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI 0
#include <ios>
#include <typeinfo>

const std::type_info& old_abi_failure = typeid(std::ios::failure&);

void throw_failure()
{
    throw std::ios::failure("stream");
}