Start the long road to exception readiness.

sc2/src/uqm/planets/pstarmap-modern.cpp

@@ -61,9 +61,15 @@ SortStarsOnName (STAR_SEARCH_STATE *pSS)
 }
 
 
+// Since HMalloc just terminates on failure,
+// we can use `new` safely from mixed C++ and
+// C.  Either I'll use `std::new_handler` to
+// do the same thing... or just let exceptions
+// tear it down by bumping into the `noexcept`
+// boundaries I'll stick on the `extern "C"`
+// interfaces.
 extern "C" bool
-DoStarSearch (MENU_STATE *pMS)
+DoStarSearch (MENU_STATE *pMS) noexcept
-try
 {
 	TEXTENTRY_STATE tes;
 	bool success;
@@ -98,7 +104,3 @@ try
 
 	return success;
 }
-catch( const std::bad_alloc & )
-{
-	return FALSE;
-}

sc2/src/uqm/starmap.h

@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@
 #include "uqm/menustat.h"
 #include "uqm/controls.h"
 
+#ifndef CXX_NOEXCEPT
+#define CXX_NOEXCEPT
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
 extern "C" {
+#undef CXX_NOEXCEPT
+#define CXX_NOEXCEPT noexcept
 #endif
 
 extern STAR_DESC *CurStarDescPtr;
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ typedef struct starsearch_state
 	int *SortedStars;
 } STAR_SEARCH_STATE;
 
-bool DoStarSearch( MENU_STATE * );
+bool DoStarSearch( MENU_STATE * ) CXX_NOEXCEPT;
 BOOLEAN OnStarNameChange( TEXTENTRY_STATE * );
 BOOLEAN OnStarNameFrame ( TEXTENTRY_STATE *pTES );