https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99459
--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- p debug_tree (dummy) <nop_expr 0x7fffe91ab380 type <void_type 0x7fffea0610a8 void type_6 VOID align:8 warn_if_not_align:0 symtab:0 alias-set -1 canonical-type 0x7fffea0610a8 pointer_to_this <pointer_type 0x7fffea061150>> side-effects arg:0 <call_expr 0x7fffe917baf0 type <pointer_type 0x7fffea061150 type <void_type 0x7fffea0610a8 void> public unsigned type_6 SI size <integer_cst 0x7fffea0501c8 constant 32> unit-size <integer_cst 0x7fffea0501e0 constant 4> align:32 warn_if_not_align:0 symtab:0 alias-set -1 canonical-type 0x7fffea061150 pointer_to_this <pointer_type 0x7fffea06b1f8> reference_to_this <reference_type 0x7fffe9997dc8>> side-effects nothrow fn <addr_expr 0x7fffe91ab360 type <pointer_type 0x7fffe970b5e8> constant arg:0 <function_decl 0x7fffe96d3000 __dt_comp >> arg:0 <addr_expr 0x7fffe91ab340 type <pointer_type 0x7fffe96d1888> arg:0 <var_decl 0x7fffe98f4c60 Fs>> ./example.cpp:317:1 start: ./example.cpp:317:1 finish: ./example.cpp:317:1> ./example.cpp:317:1 start: ./example.cpp:317:1 finish: ./example.cpp:317:1> $1 = void Guess the nop in there is added because of targetm.cxx.cdtor_returns_this. The NOP_EXPR is created by: else if (call != error_mark_node && DECL_DESTRUCTOR_P (cand->fn) && !VOID_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (call))) /* An explicit call of the form "x->~X()" has type "void". However, on platforms where destructors return "this" (i.e., those where targetm.cxx.cdtor_returns_this is true), such calls will appear to have a return value of pointer type to the low-level call machinery. We do not want to change the low-level machinery, since we want to be able to optimize "delete f()" on such platforms as "operator delete(~X(f()))" (rather than generating "t = f(), ~X(t), operator delete (t)"). */ call = build_nop (void_type_node, call);