Change T::provider to return std::string

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h b/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
index 68fc0f487..b16468958 100644
--- a/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
+++ b/src/lib/block/block_cipher.h
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ class BOTAN_DLL BlockCipher : public SymmetricAlgorithm
       /**
       * @return provider information about this implementation. Default is "base",
       * might also return "sse2", "avx2", "openssl", or some other arbitrary string.
-      * The return value is guaranteed to point to a string literal constant.
       */
-      virtual const char* provider() const { return "base"; }
+      virtual std::string provider() const { return "base"; }
 
       /**
       * Encrypt a block.