http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56032
--- Comment #1 from Gábor Horváth <xazax.hun at gmail dot com> 2013-01-18 15:01:45 UTC --- (In reply to comment #0) > Consider the following code: > > // ---- CODE ------ > > #include <iostream> > #include <vector> > > > class S { > public: > S(const std::vector<char>& v_) : v{v_} {} > void undefined() { > std::cout << v.front() << std::endl; > } > private: > const std::vector<char>& v; > }; > > int main(){ > std::vector<char> foo {'f', 'a', 'i', 'l'}; > std::cout << foo.front() << std::endl; > S s{foo}; > s.undefined(); > > return 0; > } > > // ---- END CODE ------ > > Compiled with: g++ -std=c++11 main.cpp > > s.undefined(); prints invalid characters or crashes the executable. > > I think the result of the problem is that, the: v{v_} > initialization creates a new temporary from the vector that is destroyed after > the execution leaves the scope of the constructor. ( This would only be the > intended behaviour in case v would be initialized from initializer list, but > {v_} is clearly not an initializer list here.) > > If I replace the uniform initialization with regular one: v(v_) > the snippet above works as intended. > > The very same snippet does not compile with gcc 4.5.2. Slightly related report > on that issue: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50025. > > I guess the origin of this problem is the incomplete fix of the error above. - I think the result of the problem is that, the: v{v_} + I think the source of the problem is that, the: v{v_}