https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16251
Jens Seidel <jensseidel at users dot sf.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jensseidel at users dot sf.net --- Comment #8 from Jens Seidel <jensseidel at users dot sf.net> --- According to http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/ostream/ostream/ostream/ (yes, it's not the standard) std::ostream should provide NO default constructor at all. In my code "class A : public std::ostream {};" was accepted even with g++ 7 with strongest warning levels whereas it fails on other compilers. What now? Even if binary compatibility is an issue at least some diagnostics could be printed.