https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97771
--- Comment #2 from Erez Strauss <erstrauss at gmail dot com> --- Thanks, I tried, it fails with: $ g++ -O2 -std=c++20 init_array5c.cpp -o init_array5c init_array5c.cpp: In function ‘void localFunc(const char*)’: init_array5c.cpp:17:55: warning: ‘constructor’ attribute ignored [-Wattributes] 17 | static void init() __attribute__((constructor)) | ^ =========================== $ ./init_array5c main() started post-main-start: X1 init_array5c.cpp 37 &count: 0x4041d4 count: 1 void localFunc(const char*) [with const std::experimental::fundamentals_v2::source_location& X = s] post-main-start: X2 init_array5c.cpp 38 &count: 0x4041dc count: 1 void localFunc(const char*) [with const std::experimental::fundamentals_v2::source_location& X = s] =========================== clang++ accepts correctly the attribute: $ clang++ -O2 -std=c++20 init_array5c.cpp -o init_array5c =========================== $ ./init_array5c pre-main-start init from localFunc: init_array5c.cpp 37 &count: 0x4041d8 count: 1 okFunc1 / static void localFunc(const char *)::Local::init() pre-main-start init from localFunc: init_array5c.cpp 38 &count: 0x4041dc count: 1 okFunc2 / static void localFunc(const char *)::Local::init() main() started post-main-start: X1 init_array5c.cpp 37 &count: 0x4041d8 count: 2 void localFunc(const char *) [X = s] post-main-start: X2 init_array5c.cpp 38 &count: 0x4041dc count: 2 void localFunc(const char *) [X = s] =========================== $ cat init_array5c.cpp #include <experimental/source_location> #include <iostream> using namespace std::experimental; template<const source_location& X> void localFunc(const char* name) { static int count{0}; volatile ::std::ios_base::Init dummy{}; std::cout << "post-main-start: " << name << " " << X.file_name() << " " << X.line() << " &count: " << (void*)&count << " count: " << (++count) << " " << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << std::endl; struct Local { static void init() __attribute__((constructor)) { volatile ::std::ios_base::Init dummy{}; std::cout << "pre-main-start init from localFunc: " << X.file_name() << " " << X.line() << " &count: " << (void*)&count << " count: " << (++count) << " " << X.function_name() << " / " << __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ << std::endl; } }; //static void* volatile initp __attribute__((__used__, section(".init_array"))){(void*)&Local::init}; } #define LOCAL_FUNC(NAME) \ do \ { \ constexpr static auto s = source_location::current(); \ localFunc<s>((const char*)&(NAME)[0]); \ } while (0) void okFunc1() { LOCAL_FUNC("X1"); } inline void okFunc2() { LOCAL_FUNC("X2"); } int main() { std::cout << "main() started" << std::endl; okFunc1(); okFunc2(); return 0; }