Remove all exception specifications. The way these are designed in C++ is

just too fragile and not that useful. Something like Java's checked exceptions
might be nice, but simply killing the process entirely if an unexpected
exception is thrown is not exactly useful for something trying to be robust.

3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/engine/openssl/arc4_openssl.cpp b/src/engine/openssl/arc4_openssl.cpp
index 08ed3eb10..793e1faff 100644
--- a/src/engine/openssl/arc4_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openssl/arc4_openssl.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace {
 class ARC4_OpenSSL : public StreamCipher
    {
    public:
-      void clear() throw() { std::memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state)); }
+      void clear() { std::memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state)); }
       std::string name() const;
       StreamCipher* clone() const { return new ARC4_OpenSSL(SKIP); }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/openssl/ossl_bc.cpp b/src/engine/openssl/ossl_bc.cpp
index 9c85439ca..7fdf54e42 100644
--- a/src/engine/openssl/ossl_bc.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openssl/ossl_bc.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace {
 class EVP_BlockCipher : public BlockCipher
    {
    public:
-      void clear() throw();
+      void clear();
       std::string name() const { return cipher_name; }
       BlockCipher* clone() const;
       EVP_BlockCipher(const EVP_CIPHER*, const std::string&);
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ BlockCipher* EVP_BlockCipher::clone() const
 /*
 * Clear memory of sensitive data
 */
-void EVP_BlockCipher::clear() throw()
+void EVP_BlockCipher::clear()
    {
    const EVP_CIPHER* algo = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher(&encrypt);
 
diff --git a/src/engine/openssl/ossl_md.cpp b/src/engine/openssl/ossl_md.cpp
index 42975c8a3..1e01a6f25 100644
--- a/src/engine/openssl/ossl_md.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/openssl/ossl_md.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace {
 class EVP_HashFunction : public HashFunction
    {
    public:
-      void clear() throw();
+      void clear();
       std::string name() const { return algo_name; }
       HashFunction* clone() const;
       EVP_HashFunction(const EVP_MD*, const std::string&);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void EVP_HashFunction::final_result(byte output[])
 /*
 * Clear memory of sensitive data
 */
-void EVP_HashFunction::clear() throw()
+void EVP_HashFunction::clear()
    {
    const EVP_MD* algo = EVP_MD_CTX_md(&md);
    EVP_DigestInit_ex(&md, algo, 0);