Noexcept doesn't prevent your dtor from throwing, it just means that if it does throw, it will call std::terminate rather than unwind (thus, callers can assume

Noexcept doesn't prevent your dtor from throwing, it just means that if it does throw, it will call std::terminate rather than unwind (thus, callers can assume it doesn't throw, since it will abort instead.) For the problem mentioned in the article, this is not a solution.