https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96876
Bug ID: 96876 Summary: missing check for destructibility of base classes in aggregate initialization Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: richard-gccbugzilla at metafoo dot co.uk Target Milestone: --- GCC accepts this invalid code (which is ill-formed because [dcl.init.aggr]/8 says it potentially-invokes the destructor for B, which [class.dtor]/15 says requires the destructor to be accessible): struct B { protected: ~B() {} }; struct C : B { int n; }; int f(); void g() { C c{{}, f()}; } ... and generates wrong code for this similar example: #include <stdio.h> struct B { public: ~B() { puts("destroyed"); } }; struct C : B { int n; }; int f() { throw "hello"; } int main() { try { C c{{}, f()}; } catch (const char*) { } } ... which is required to print "destroyed" (when the B base class subobject is destroyed during stack unwinding), but with GCC does not.