This program struct s { const int i; }; int foo () { struct s v; }
is invalid C++: foo.c: In function int foo(): foo.c:2: error: structure v with uninitialized const members However, no warning is issued when compiling the program as C using -Wc++-compat. -Wc++-compat should issue a warning for this case, along the lines of the warning for an initialized const variable. -- Summary: -Wc++-compat does not warn about uninitialized const field in struct Product: gcc Version: 4.5.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ian at airs dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40563