http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51674
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-12-24 14:12:08 UTC --- that doesn't call a constructor, it declares an object called a, so is identical to: Foo() { Foo a; } which causes an infinite recursion