http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53202
--- Comment #3 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-03 01:14:28 UTC --- If I change some of the functions to forward lvalues instead of using perfect forwarding then I see one call to a copy constructor e.g. just changing the thread::Impl ctor to Impl(const T& t) : t(t) { } produces: default ctor called, this=0x7fffd878f35f copy ctor called destructor called, this=0x7fffd878f327 void background_hello::operator()() called, this=0x1258010 destructor called, this=0x1258010 destructor called, this=0x7fffd878f35f The gimple dump shows: thread::Impl<T>::Impl(const T&) [with T = Bind_simple<background_hello>] (struct Impl * const this, const struct Bind_simple & t) { struct Bind_simple * D.8913; struct Bind_simple * D.8914; thread::ImplBase::ImplBase (this); D.8913 = &this->t; Bind_simple<background_hello>::Bind_simple (D.8913, t); try { } catch { D.8914 = &this->t; Bind_simple<background_hello>::~Bind_simple (D.8914); } } Note the copy construction of the Bind_simple member that was missing previously