http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54563
--- Comment #7 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-09-14 18:30:18 UTC --- Seems the C++ FE ignores the nothrow attribute from builtins and instead just uses its own cfns.gperf. pow is in there, but powf/powl is not (as C++03 is based in C90). Even in C++11 powf/powl isn't considered throw().