http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51565
Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED CC| |jason at gcc dot gnu.org AssignedTo|unassigned at gcc dot |jason at gcc dot gnu.org |gnu.org | --- Comment #2 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-01-11 20:51:01 UTC --- 4.3 generated wrong code for this testcase, which you can see by extending it a bit: extern "C" void abort(); int i; struct Foo { __attribute__((fastcall)) void fee(int j) { i = j; } }; int main() { typedef void (Foo::*FP)(int); FP fp[] = {&Foo::fee}; (Foo().*(fp[0]))(42); if (i != 42) abort(); } This is true back to version 3.4. Before that, we just ignored the attribute.