https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=96591
--- Comment #7 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- So the type is refered to by constant 8 which is refered to by a VECTOR_CST { 8 } which is refered to by # .MEM_4 = VDEF <.MEM_2> MEM[(struct Test *)_3].data[0] = { 8 }; and while walk_tree walks CTOR elements for VECTOR_CST it does nothing: switch (code) { case ERROR_MARK: case IDENTIFIER_NODE: case INTEGER_CST: case REAL_CST: case FIXED_CST: case VECTOR_CST: case STRING_CST: case BLOCK: case PLACEHOLDER_EXPR: case SSA_NAME: case FIELD_DECL: case RESULT_DECL: /* None of these have subtrees other than those already walked above. */ break; which is eventually true since we expect the element type of a VECTOR_CST to match that of the vector element type. _But_ - we're forcing a vector element type to be the main variant / canonical type: <vector_cst 0x7ffff66d9c30 type <vector_type 0x7ffff66dedc8 type <integer_type 0x7ffff65885e8 int public type_6 SI size <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b108 constant 32> unit-size <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b120 constant 4> align:32 warn_if_not_align:0 symtab:0 alias-set 2 canonical-type 0x7ffff65885e8 precision:32 min <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b0c0 -2147483648> max <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b0d8 2147483647> pointer_to_this <pointer_type 0x7ffff65909d8>> type_6 SI size <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b108 32> unit-size <integer_cst 0x7ffff658b120 4> align:32 warn_if_not_align:0 symtab:0 alias-set -1 canonical-type 0x7ffff66dedc8 nunits:1> constant npatterns:1 nelts-per-pattern:1 elt:0: <integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9be8 type <integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type> constant 8>> (gdb) p ((tree)0x7ffff66de3f0)->type_common.canonical $134 = <integer_type 0x7ffff65885e8 int> (gdb) p ((tree)0x7ffff66de3f0)->type_common.main_variant $135 = <integer_type 0x7ffff65885e8 int> where we build this via #0 0x0000000001cf4437 in tree_vector_builder::build (this=0x7fffffffbfe0) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree-vector-builder.c:44 #1 0x0000000001d112c9 in build_vector_from_ctor ( type=<vector_type 0x7ffff66dedc8>, v=0x7ffff66e72d0 = {...}) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree.c:1969 #2 0x00000000012cccda in fold (expr=<constructor 0x7ffff66d9c18>) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/fold-const.c:13383 #3 0x0000000000b0b893 in cxx_eval_bare_aggregate (ctx=0x7fffffffc290, t=<constructor 0x7ffff66d9c18>, lval=false, non_constant_p=0x7fffffffd1bf, overflow_p=0x7fffffffd1be) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:4438 #4 0x0000000000b14c6b in cxx_eval_constant_expression (ctx=0x7fffffffc610, t=<constructor 0x7ffff66d9bd0>, lval=false, non_constant_p=0x7fffffffd1bf, overflow_p=0x7fffffffd1be, jump_target=0x0) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:6591 it's tempting to try force the cached integer constants to be always unqualified so that only the TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT has TYPE_CACHED_VALUES and we save memory. The constant is built via (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000001d0fcf1 in cache_wide_int_in_type_cache ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, cst=..., slot=9, max_slots=252) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree.c:1535 #1 0x0000000001d1020d in wide_int_to_tree_1 ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, pcst=...) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree.c:1649 #2 0x0000000001d10878 in wide_int_to_tree ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, value=...) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree.c:1756 #3 0x0000000001d0f918 in force_fit_type ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, cst=..., overflowable=1, overflowed=false) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/tree.c:1474 #4 0x00000000012969cb in fold_convert_const_int_from_int ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, arg1=<integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9618>) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/fold-const.c:2000 #5 0x00000000012988b6 in fold_convert_const (code=NOP_EXPR, type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, arg1=<integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9618>) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/fold-const.c:2276 #6 0x0000000001299214 in fold_convert_loc (loc=0, type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, arg=<integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9618>) --Type <RET> for more, q to quit, c to continue without paging-- at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/fold-const.c:2418 #7 0x0000000000b714fa in cp_fold_convert ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de3f0 scalar_type>, expr=<integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9618>) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/cvt.c:629 #8 0x0000000000aff0d3 in adjust_temp_type ( type=<integer_type 0x7ffff66de888 scalar_type>, temp=<integer_cst 0x7ffff66d9618>) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:1501 #9 0x0000000000aff651 in cxx_bind_parameters_in_call (ctx=0x7fffffffd0a0, t=<call_expr 0x7ffff6577150>, new_call=0x7fffffffccc0, non_constant_p=0x7fffffffd1bf, overflow_p=0x7fffffffd1be, non_constant_args=0x7fffffffcc7f) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:1611 #10 0x0000000000b0404c in cxx_eval_call_expression (ctx=0x7fffffffd0a0, t=<call_expr 0x7ffff6577150>, lval=false, non_constant_p=0x7fffffffd1bf, overflow_p=0x7fffffffd1be) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:2536 #11 0x0000000000b13215 in cxx_eval_constant_expression (ctx=0x7fffffffd0a0, t=<call_expr 0x7ffff6577150>, lval=false, non_constant_p=0x7fffffffd1bf, overflow_p=0x7fffffffd1be, jump_target=0x0) at /home/rguenther/src/gcc3/gcc/cp/constexpr.c:6134 where the constant is first built in the "correct" type and then converted via adjust_temp_type which does 1499 /* Now we know we're dealing with a scalar, and a prvalue of non-class 1500 type is cv-unqualified. */ 1501 return cp_fold_convert (cv_unqualified (type), temp); but that cv_unqualified doesn't produce the main variant. Now, as a fact walk_tree _does_ walk COMPLEX_CST components so the "obvious" fix here would be to change it to also walk VECTOR_CST components. So that's what I'm going to try first.