The move constructor for the "fully-dynamic" COW string is not noexcept, because it allocates a new empty string rep for the moved-from string. However, there is no need to do that, because the moved-from string does not have to be left empty. Instead, implement move construction for the fully-dynamic case as a reference count increment, so the string is shared. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Wakely libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog: * include/bits/cow_string.h [_GLIBCXX_FULLY_DYNAMIC_STRING] (basic_string(basic_string&&)): Add noexcept and avoid allocation, by sharing rep with the rvalue string. Tested powerpc64le-linux. Committed to trunk.