https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67795
Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED Version|5.2.0 |unknown Resolution|INVALID |--- --- Comment #7 from Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Hmm, with the static_cast, the front-end produces: <<cleanup_point return <retval> = (struct string_view &) (struct string_view *) NON_LVALUE_EXPR <(struct string_view &) &(n != 0 ? std::experimental::fundamentals_v1::basic_string_view<char>::remove_prefix ((struct string_view *) s, n);, *s; : *s)>>>; while without it, I get: <<cleanup_point return <retval> = (struct string_view &) (n != 0 ? std::experimental::fundamentals_v1::basic_string_view<char>::remove_prefix ((struct string_view *) s, n);, (struct string_view *) s; : (struct string_view *) s)>>; I also find it fishy. (note that you need -O2 or more for the warning)