http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55805
Bug #: 55805 Summary: Empty brace-init-list causes warning "missing initializer for member" in C++11 Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: mor...@bunkus.org The C++11 standard has this to say on empty brace-init-lists in 8.5.4.3: " If the initializer list has no elements and T is a class type with a default constructor, the object is value-initialized." However, g++ issues a warning with "-Wmissing-field-initializers" (which is included in "-Wextra"). Example: class A { public: int f; }; int main() { A a3{}; return 0; } Compile with "g++ -Wextra -std=c++11 -o test1 test1.cpp" clang++ 3.1 does not emit that warning. g++ 4.6, 4.7 and 4.7.2 do (those are the ones I have available here).