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.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/rng/randpool/randpool.cpp b/src/rng/randpool/randpool.cpp
index fe83f4361..9ec92267d 100644
--- a/src/rng/randpool/randpool.cpp
+++ b/src/rng/randpool/randpool.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void Randpool::add_entropy_source(EntropySource* src)
 /**
 * Clear memory of sensitive data
 */
-void Randpool::clear() throw()
+void Randpool::clear()
    {
    cipher->clear();
    mac->clear();
diff --git a/src/rng/randpool/randpool.h b/src/rng/randpool/randpool.h
index b6a3adda4..ab6ed6748 100644
--- a/src/rng/randpool/randpool.h
+++ b/src/rng/randpool/randpool.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL Randpool : public RandomNumberGenerator
    public:
       void randomize(byte[], u32bit);
       bool is_seeded() const { return seeded; }
-      void clear() throw();
+      void clear();
       std::string name() const;
 
       void reseed(u32bit bits_to_collect);