https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88804
Bug ID: 88804 Summary: Inconsistently diagnosed unused but set static variable in lambda Product: gcc Version: 8.2.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: m101010a at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- $ cat x.cpp void foo(int); template <class T> void call(T t) { t(0); } void bar() { static int x=3; call([](auto){ foo(x); }); } $ cat y.cpp void foo(int); template <class T> void call(T t) { t(0); } void bar() { static int x=3; call([](int){ foo(x); }); } $ g++ -fsyntax-only -Wunused-but-set-variable x.cpp x.cpp: In function ‘void bar()’: x.cpp:6:13: warning: variable ‘x’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable] static int x=3; ^ $ g++ -fsyntax-only -Wunused-but-set-variable y.cpp $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.1/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: /build/gcc/src/gcc/configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=https://bugs.archlinux.org/ --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-libmpx --with-system-zlib --with-isl --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libssp --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-install-libiberty --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-multilib --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-cet=auto Thread model: posix gcc version 8.2.1 20181127 (GCC) x is incorrectly diagnosed as unused when used in a lambda with an auto parameter, but not in a lambda with a type parameter (or no parameter). This happens even if the lambda isn't called, but does not happen if the lambda is called in the same function where it is declared.