http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54023
Bug #: 54023 Summary: [C++0x][initializer list] integer type to floating type narrowing type is not producing diagnostics Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: ebewo...@gmail.com According to standard 8.5.4.7 A narrowing conversion is an implicit conversion... -from an integer type or unscoped enumeration type to a floating-point type, except where the source is a constant expression and the actual value after conversion will fit into the target type and will produce the original value when converted back to the original type, ... and not allowed at top level. Therefore followings should be generate diagnostics int i=3; double d=i; float f=i; long double ld=i; char c=3; double d=c; etc.. should give narrowing error.