http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50087
--- Comment #6 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-09-03 00:48:25 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5) > I still think it's a missed optimization opportunity. Yes, it definitely is. I'm just not sure whether it should be fixed by doing constexpr expansion in non-constant expression contexts in some cases, or improving normal optimization to handle this case.