https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56126
--- Comment #15 from Michael Bruck <bruck.michael at googlemail dot com> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #13) > (In reply to Michael Bruck from comment #11) > > throwing is undefined behavior with -fno-exceptions. > > No it isn't, it's ill-formed due to a syntax error. That's very different to > undefined behaviour. I misunderstood Olaf, I guess he means they replace them via preprocessor macros. In any case it is different from an allocation failure, which was my point.