https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66615
Bug ID: 66615 Summary: Ambiguous conversion operators, explicit unambiguous conversion operator and copy initialization Product: gcc Version: 5.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: fynjycfdby at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- The following code is wrongly accepted, the output is an arbitrary number: ----- #include <iostream> struct A { explicit operator int() { return 42; } operator float() { return 123.0f; } operator double() { return 456.0; } }; int main() { int i = A(); // note copy-initialization std::cout << i << std::endl; } ----- With -Wall it generates a warning: main.cpp: In function 'int main()': main.cpp:19:18: warning: 'i' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] std::cout << i << std::endl; The correct behavior should be failure to compile, because the operator int() is explicit, and other implicit conversion operators make conversion to int ambiguous. I'm using MacPorts g++-mp-5 $ g++-mp-5 -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++-mp-5 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin14/5.1.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14 Configured with: /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc5/gcc5/work/gcc-5.1.0/configure --prefix=/opt/local --build=x86_64-apple-darwin14 --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,lto,fortran,java --libdir=/opt/local/lib/gcc5 --includedir=/opt/local/include/gcc5 --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --datarootdir=/opt/local/share/gcc-5 --with-local-prefix=/opt/local --with-system-zlib --disable-nls --program-suffix=-mp-5 --with-gxx-include-dir=/opt/local/include/gcc5/c++/ --with-gmp=/opt/local --with-mpfr=/opt/local --with-mpc=/opt/local --with-isl=/opt/local --enable-stage1-checking --disable-multilib --enable-lto --enable-libstdcxx-time --with-as=/opt/local/bin/as --with-ld=/opt/local/bin/ld --with-ar=/opt/local/bin/ar --with-bugurl=https://trac.macports.org/newticket --with-pkgversion='MacPorts gcc5 5.1.0_1' Thread model: posix gcc version 5.1.0 (MacPorts gcc5 5.1.0_1)