http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56215
Bug #: 56215 Summary: Cannot create constexpr struct with unnamed unions Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: t-gcc-bugzi...@snowelm.com Similar to PR c++/51675, but the trunk GCC fails to compile the following code: ------ struct foo { union { int x; short y; }; constexpr foo() : x( 0 ) { } }; ------ $ g++ --std=c++11 hoge.cpp hoge.cpp: In constructor ‘constexpr foo::foo()’: hoge.cpp:7:33: error: uninitialized member ‘foo::<anonymous>’ in ‘constexpr’ constructor constexpr foo() : x( 0 ) { } ^ What I actually want to do is a specialization of std::pair to provide efficient comparison. Since this requires an unnamed struct within an unnamed union, and the bug seems very sensitive to details like that, I put the code too. GCC trunk also fails compiling the following. ------ #include <utility> #include <cstdint> namespace std { template <> struct pair< uint32_t, uint32_t > { union { struct { uint32_t first; uint32_t second; }; uint64_t paired; }; constexpr pair() : paired( ) { } constexpr pair(uint32_t a, uint32_t b) : first(a), second(b) { } }; constexpr bool operator== ( pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> a, pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> b ) { return a.paired == b.paired; } constexpr bool operator< ( pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> a, pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> b ) { // only for little endian return ((a.paired<<32)|(a.paired>>32)) < ((b.paired<<32)|(b.paired>>32)); } } // namespace std::pair<uint32_t,uint32_t> x(1, 2); ------