https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59948
--- Comment #7 from Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> --- There has been huge progress in gcc-5: int m() () { struct function h; <bb 2>: MEM[(int (*<T5c6a>) (int) *)&h] = f; h._M_invoker = _M_invoke; h.D.27699._M_manager = _M_manager; std::_Function_base::_Base_manager<int (*)(int)>::_M_manager (&MEM[(struct _Function_base *)&h]._M_functor, &MEM[(struct _Function_base *)&h]._M_functor, 3); h ={v} {CLOBBER}; return 0; } Apparently we managed to inline f! For this simple testcase, all that is missing is inlining _M_manager to realize that when the last argument is 3 it does nothing. Then we can go back to more complicated examples like the one linked at the end of comment #0.