http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53097
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |missed-optimization Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2012-04-24 Ever Confirmed|0 |1 Severity|normal |enhancement --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-24 01:45:51 UTC --- The easy way to implement this would be something like: include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { struct { int a, b; }; auto foo = [&](){return a + b;}; printf("%d\n", (int)sizeof(foo)); return 0; } and then only the pointer to the struct needs to be done for the closure.