------- Comment #12 from jason at gcc dot gnu dot org 2010-02-24 20:12 ------- (In reply to comment #11) > (In reply to comment #8) > > What else could it be than a pointer? It might be possible to mark it > > somehow > > so that the middle end knows to consider the referent uninitialized. > > This is because (this) must be allocated outside the constructor, isn't it?
Yes. The storage for the object is allocated separately, either on the stack or on the heap, and then the constructor is called to initialize it. > Is there nothing pointed by this that could be initialized before calling the > constructor? Nothing. > > Incidentally, perhaps we should mark the this parameter as __restrict... > > Yes, with the new __restrict support, this may bring some benefit. Should I > open a PR about this? Sure. Only in constructors, of course. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19808
