https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88173
--- Comment #5 from Christoph Conrads <g...@christoph-conrads.name> --- Having read the comments, I began to modify code in the bug report. Apparently, the bug is only triggered if QNaN is on the wrong side of the comparison operator: christoph:~$ cat nan-lhs.cpp #include <limits> constexpr bool rhs(double f) { return !(0 <= f); } constexpr bool lhs(double f) { return !(f <= 0); } int main() { static_assert(std::numeric_limits<double>::has_quiet_NaN, ""); static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); static_assert(!(0 <= std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); static_assert(lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); static_assert(rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); } christoph:~$ g++ -Wextra -Wall -std=c++11 -pedantic nan-lhs.cpp nan-lhs.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: nan-lhs.cpp:16:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:16:59: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:10:13: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(f <= 0); ~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:5:13: error: ‘(+QNaN >= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(0 <= f); ~~~^~~~~ Note that QNaN only appears on the left-hand side in the error messages, irrespective of the user input. christoph:~$ lsb_release --all No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic christoph:~$ g++ -Wextra -Wall -std=c++11 -pedantic -v nan-lhs.cpp Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-7/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-7 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wextra' '-Wall' '-std=c++11' '-Wpedantic' '-v' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/cc1plus -quiet -v -imultiarch x86_64-linux-gnu -D_GNU_SOURCE nan-lhs.cpp -quiet -dumpbase nan-lhs.cpp -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase nan-lhs -Wextra -Wall -Wpedantic -std=c++11 -version -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat-security -o /tmp/ccOYNOxa.s GNU C++11 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) version 7.3.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.3.0, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version 4.0.1, MPC version 1.1.0, isl version isl-0.19-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/7" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/include/c++/7 /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/c++/7 /usr/include/c++/7/backward /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/include-fixed /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++11 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) version 7.3.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.3.0, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version 4.0.1, MPC version 1.1.0, isl version isl-0.19-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: 1bfae38ae5df64de6196cbd8c3b07d86 nan-lhs.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: nan-lhs.cpp:16:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:16:59: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:10:13: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(f <= 0); ~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:5:13: error: ‘(+QNaN >= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(0 <= f); ~~~^~~~~ christoph:~ $ lsb_release --all No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.4 (stretch) Release: 9.4 Codename: stretch christoph:~ $ g++ -Wextra -Wall -std=c++11 -pedantic -v nan-lhs.cpp Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/lto-wrapper Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-6 --program-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabihf- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv6 --with-fpu=vfp --with-float=hard --enable-checking=release --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf Thread model: posix gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-Wextra' '-Wall' '-std=c++11' '-Wpedantic' '-v' '-shared-libgcc' '-march=armv6' '-mfloat-abi=hard' '-mfpu=vfp' '-mtls-dialect=gnu' /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/cc1plus -quiet -v -imultilib . -imultiarch arm-linux-gnueabihf -D_GNU_SOURCE nan-lhs.cpp -quiet -dumpbase nan-lhs.cpp -march=armv6 -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=vfp -mtls-dialect=gnu -auxbase nan-lhs -Wextra -Wall -Wpedantic -std=c++11 -version -o /tmp/ccuRevtG.s GNU C++11 (Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1) version 6.3.0 20170516 (arm-linux-gnueabihf) compiled by GNU C version 6.3.0 20170516, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version 3.1.5, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version 0.15 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=93 --param ggc-min-heapsize=118681 ignoring duplicate directory "/usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf/c++/6" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/include/c++/6 /usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf/c++/6 /usr/include/c++/6/backward /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/include-fixed /usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++11 (Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1) version 6.3.0 20170516 (arm-linux-gnueabihf) compiled by GNU C version 6.3.0 20170516, GMP version 6.1.2, MPFR version 3.1.5, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version 0.15 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=93 --param ggc-min-heapsize=118681 Compiler executable checksum: 79dca666fccaa96025c9107a8b3f60f3 nan-lhs.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: nan-lhs.cpp:16:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:16:59: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression static_assert(!(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN() <= 0), ""); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:18:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘lhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:10:13: error: ‘(+QNaN <= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(f <= 0); ~~~^~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:2: error: non-constant condition for static assertion static_assert(rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN()), ""); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ nan-lhs.cpp:19:19: in constexpr expansion of ‘rhs(std::numeric_limits<double>::quiet_NaN())’ nan-lhs.cpp:5:13: error: ‘(+QNaN >= 0.0)’ is not a constant expression return !(0 <= f); ~~~^~~~~