https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98410
Bug ID: 98410 Summary: Default constructor generation fails on abstract class with virtual base Product: gcc Version: 11.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: thelordlucas at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Hi all, The following code fails to compile on GCC > 7: class Base { int x; public: Base(int x): x{x} {} virtual void f() = 0; }; class Derived : public virtual Base { public: Derived() = default; }; class Concrete: public Derived { public: Concrete(): Base{42} {} void f() override {} }; Link to code: https://godbolt.org/z/bn1EY6 It says that the Derived() constructor is deleted (error: use of deleted function 'Derived::Derived()'). Using Derived() {}; it compiles file. As the user eerorika points out in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65287323/strange-default-empty-constructor-on-a-virtual-inheritance-behaviour-on-gcc the constructor Derived() should not have been deleted, since it is also abstract and doesn't fall in any default constructor deletion rule. Maybe related, it yielded "internal compiler error: in maybe_explain_implicit_delete, at cp/method.c:2671" if I add the noexcept to the deleted constructor: class Base { int x; public: Base(int x): x{x} {} virtual void f() = 0; }; class Derived : public virtual Base { public: Derived() noexcept = default; }; class Concrete: public Derived { public: Concrete(): Base{42} {} void f() override {} }; Link to code: https://godbolt.org/z/5fx8Ph I tested clang trunk, and it compiles both versions. Thanks!