http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57566
Bug ID: 57566 Summary: [C++11][constexpr] static temporaries bound recursively in reference constant expressions don't get initialized Product: gcc Version: 4.9.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: richard-gccbugzilla at metafoo dot co.uk If a temporary is lifetime-extended by being bound to a reference within a lifetime-extended temporary, and the complete initializer is a constant expression, the outer temporary does not get initialized and the inner temporary does not get emitted. Example: struct S { int &&a; int b; }; S &&s = { 123, 456 }; GCC emits: .local _ZGR1s0 .comm _ZGR1s0,16,16 .globl s .bss .align 8 .type s, @object .size s, 8 s: .zero 8 GCC emits code to dynamically initialize 's.a' to the address of _ZGR1s0. GCC does not emit any code to initialize _ZGR1s0 itself, nor to initialize s.b. Both s and the temporaries should be emitted as constants.