diff --git a/src/throw.cpp b/src/throw.cpp
index 74b34e8..9382655 100644
--- a/src/throw.cpp
+++ b/src/throw.cpp
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@ void __throw_if_err(int err,
         throw system_error {ec, msg};
     }
 }
+
+void __throw___(const char* file, unsigned int line, const char* message) {
+    string msg {combine_message_elements(file, line, message, "")};
+    throw runtime_error {msg};
+}
diff --git a/src/throw.hpp b/src/throw.hpp
index c34a016..dc27fa7 100644
--- a/src/throw.hpp
+++ b/src/throw.hpp
@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 void __throw_if_min1(int x, const char* file, unsigned int line, const char* message = nullptr);
 void __throw_if_null(const void* p, const char* file, unsigned int line, const char* message = nullptr);
 void __throw_if_err(int err, const char* file, unsigned int line, const char* message = nullptr);
+void __throw___(const char* file, unsigned int line, const char* message = nullptr);
 
-#define throw_if_min1(___x___)					__throw_if_min1((___x___), __FILE__, __LINE__)
-#define throw_if_null(__ptr__)					__throw_if_null((__ptr__), __FILE__, __LINE__)
-#define throw_if_err(__err__)					__throw_if_err((__err__), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define throw_if_min1(___x___)                  __throw_if_min1((___x___), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define throw_if_null(__ptr__)                  __throw_if_null((__ptr__), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define throw_if_err(__err__)                   __throw_if_err((__err__), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#define throw_()                                __throw___(__FILE__, __LINE__);
 
-#define throw_if_min1_msg(___x___, ___msg___)	__throw_if_min1((___x___), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
-#define throw_if_null_msg(__ptr__, ___msg___)	__throw_if_null((__ptr__), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
-#define throw_if_err_msg(__err__, ___msg___)	__throw_if_err((__err__), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
+#define throw_if_min1_msg(___x___, ___msg___)   __throw_if_min1((___x___), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
+#define throw_if_null_msg(__ptr__, ___msg___)   __throw_if_null((__ptr__), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
+#define throw_if_err_msg(__err__, ___msg___)    __throw_if_err((__err__), __FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___)
+#define throw_msg(___msg___)                    __throw___(__FILE__, __LINE__, ___msg___);
 
 #endif /* defined(__throw__) */