https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96919
--- Comment #6 from Libin Dang <libin.dang at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Martin Liška from comment #2) > Using latest GCC release you can see what happens: > > $ g++ pr96919.cc --coverage && ./a.out && gcov a-pr96919.cc -t > hello > libgcov profiling > error:/home/marxin/Programming/testcases/a-pr96919.gcda:overwriting an > existing profile data with a different timestamp > -: 0:Source:pr96919.cc > -: 0:Graph:a-pr96919.gcno > -: 0:Data:a-pr96919.gcda > -: 0:Runs:1 > -: 1:class Base { > -: 2:public: > -: 3: Base() = default; > 1*: 4: virtual ~Base() = default; > ------------------ > _ZN4BaseD0Ev: > #####: 4: virtual ~Base() = default; > ------------------ > _ZN4BaseD2Ev: > 1: 4: virtual ~Base() = default; > ------------------ > -: 5: virtual void foo() = 0; > -: 6:}; > -: 7:class Hello : public Base { > -: 8:public: > -: 9: Hello() = default; > 1*: 10: ~Hello() = default; > ------------------ > _ZN5HelloD0Ev: > #####: 10: ~Hello() = default; > ------------------ > _ZN5HelloD2Ev: > 1: 10: ~Hello() = default; > ------------------ > -: 11: void foo() override; > -: 12:}; > -: 13: > -: 14:#include <iostream> > -: 15: > -: 16:using namespace std; > -: 17: > 1: 18:void Hello::foo() { > 1: 19: cout << "hello" << endl; > 1: 20:} > -: 21: > 1: 22:int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { > #####: 23: Hello hello; > 1: 24: hello.foo(); > 1: 25: return 0; > -: 26:} > > So yes, it's a virtual destructor _ZN4BaseD0Ev that is not called. > And the not executed line: > #####: 4: Hello hello; > > corresponds to a basic block > > <bb 5> : > <L3>: > Hello::~Hello (&hello); > resx 2 > > which would be executed when the Hellow constructor fails. A strange thing about this test case: If I removed 'return 0;' at line 25, gcov will mark line 23 as executed. Tested with both gcov 8.3 and 10.2.