http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60565
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2014-03-18 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Yes, the current behaviour is certainly not consistent. Clang warns about the missing exception-specification but allows B::foo() to be called, as you expect.