http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55425
--- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-11-21 12:12:19 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) > > A return statement is not a return statement if the returned value is __func__ > (also true for non-standard identifiers like __PRETTY_FUNCTION__). > > // good > //static const char func[] = "function-name"; > //constexpr const char* x() { return func; } > > // bad > constexpr const char* x() { return __func__;} > > int main() { __builtin_puts(x()); return 0; } The standard says __func__ is a function-local variable, defined as if by constexpr const char* x() { static const char __func__[] = "function-name "; return __func__; } Clearly this is not a valid constexpr function. Changing this would be an extension. > Situation 2: user literals > -------------------------- > > The (obviously constant) string that the compiler builds from the literal is > not constant according to the compiler: > > #include <stdio.h> > > constexpr int valid_bin_number(const char* c) { return *c ? ((*c == '1' || *c > == '0') ? valid_bin_number(c+1) : false ) : true; } > > unsigned int operator"" _bin(const char* str) > { > static_assert(valid_bin_number(str), "not a binary number"); 'str' is not a constant expression, so 'valid_bin_number(str)' is not a constant expression either. This is not a bug. > Situation 3: __m128i type > -------------------------- > > Assigning a literal value to a constexpr __m128 fails because the literal is > not a literal. No, the error says __m128 is not a literal type, which I assume is true. Changing that would be an enhancement request.