https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61372
--- Comment #7 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #2) > extern "C" functions can throw, so it would be wrong to unconditionally > assume they can't. Yes that is correct. Even extern "C" functions could be written in C++ to provide an interface from C to C++ code.