Compiling the following code: #include <vector> std::vector<int> *factory() { std::vector<int> *p = new std::vector<int>; p->reserve(10); return p; }
with -Wall -O -fno-exceptions yields the following error in gcc-4.0.0 and gcc-4.0-20050602: .../include/c++/4.0.0/bits/vector.tcc: In member function 'void std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::reserve(size_t) [with _Tp = int, _Alloc = std::allocator<int>]': .../include/c++/4.0.0/bits/vector.tcc:78: warning: control may reach end of non-void function 'typename _Alloc::pointer std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>::_M_allocate_and_copy(size_t, _ForwardIterator, _ForwardIterator) [with _ForwardIterator = int*, _Tp = int, _Alloc = std::allocator<int>]' being inlined The warning comes from a catch/rethrow block deep in the bowels of stl which (because of -fno-exceptions) evaluates to if(false). This is a false positive warning, which would be fine except for shops whose policy is to always compile with -Werror -Wall; there, the warning is fatal. And because this problem is not confined to just one user source file, it's hard to work around. This problem does not occur in gcc-3.4.3 nor in recent gcc-4.1 snapshots. cf. discussion here: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/libstdc++/2005-06/msg00073.html -- Summary: [gcc-4.0 regression, rejects-valid] std::vector.reserve() unusable with -Werror -Wall -O - fno-exceptions Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: dank at kegel dot com CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21951