The C++17 non-const overload of data() allows modifying the string
contents directly, so for the COW string we must do a copy-on-write to
unshare it. That means allocating, which can throw, so it shouldn't be
noexcept.
libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
PR libstdc++/99942
* include/bits/cow_string.h (data()): Change to noexcept(false).
*
* This is a pointer to the character sequence held by the string.
* Modifying the characters in the sequence is allowed.
+ *
+ * The standard requires this function to be `noexcept` but for the
+ * Copy-On-Write string implementation it can throw. This function
+ * allows modifying the string contents directly, which means we
+ * must copy-on-write to unshare it, which requires allocating memory.
*/
_CharT*
- data() noexcept
+ data() noexcept(false)
{
_M_leak();
return _M_data();