https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94939
Bug ID: 94939 Summary: [9.2.1] invalid code generation in ternary op with static class member (undefined behaviour nearby?) Product: gcc Version: 9.2.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: tobias.pankr...@ssw-trading.com Target Milestone: --- I've got the following classes, which are using the type_safe library (https://github.com/foonathan/type_safe). struct Old { inline constexpr Old(); constexpr Old(std::int64_t v) : storage(v) {} std::int64_t storage = -1; static const Old magic; }; constexpr Old::Old() { storage = 0; } constexpr Old Old::magic = Old(12); struct OldDerived : Old { constexpr OldDerived(Old old) : Old(old) {} constexpr OldDerived(std::int64_t v) : Old(v) {} auto get() { return storage; } static const OldDerived magic; }; constexpr OldDerived OldDerived::magic = OldDerived(Old::magic); struct New : public Old { New() = default; }; template<typename Strongtypedef, typename OldType_> struct conversions { using OldType = OldType_; const OldType& toOld() const { return static_cast<const OldType&>( static_cast<const Old&>(type_safe::get(static_cast<const Strongtypedef&>(*this)))); } }; template<typename ST, typename OT_> struct one_more_type : conversions<ST, OT_> {}; struct NewDerived : type_safe::strong_typedef<NewDerived, New> , one_more_type<NewDerived, OldDerived> { NewDerived() = default; NewDerived(std::int64_t value) : strong_typedef(New{{value}}) {} }; As a colleague already pointed out, conversions::toOld() might have an illegal cast in it and maybe that is all to this. What I observe is the following code prints 'VALUE IS 0' (in production: VALUE IS <GARBAGE>). OldDerived callee(bool b) { NewDerived a = NewDerived{11}; return b ? a.toOld() : OldDerived::magic; } __attribute_noinline__ void caller_magic(bool b) { OldDerived value = callee(b); std::cerr << "VALUE IS " << value.storage << std::endl; } void main() { caller_magic(true); } And if I do not use OldDerived::magic, the following code prints correctly 'VALUE IS 11'. OldDerived callee_lit(bool b) { NewDerived a = NewDerived{11}; return b ? a.toOld() : OldDerived(12); } __attribute_noinline__ void caller_lit(bool b) { OldDerived value = callee_lit(b); std::cerr << "VALUE IS " << value.storage << std::endl; } void main() { caller_lit(true); } Here is the code, including the parts from type_safe) inside the compiler explorer: https://godbolt.org/z/TGB8Jg Is it enough to fix the cast to make sure the code does what one expects?