https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72775
--- Comment #11 from Marek Polacek <mpolacek at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This patch seems to disable initialization of a flexible array member in a constructor, and, curiously, doesn't regress anything in C++ dg.exp. --- a/gcc/cp/init.c +++ b/gcc/cp/init.c @@ -800,6 +800,11 @@ perform_member_init (tree member, tree init) in that case. */ init = build_x_compound_expr_from_list (init, ELK_MEM_INIT, tf_warning_or_error); + else if (TREE_CODE (type) == ARRAY_TYPE + && TYPE_DOMAIN (type) == NULL_TREE + && DECL_CONSTRUCTOR_P (current_function_decl)) + error_at (DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (member), + "initialization of a flexible array member in a constructor"); if (init) finish_expr_stmt (cp_build_modify_expr (input_location, decl,