https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99558
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INVALID Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to J. Hart from comment #0) > $ g++ -c -o utl2.o utl2.cc > utl2.cc: In function "int main()": > utl2.cc:13:5: error: no matching function for call to "cls4::cls4(int&, int)" > > correct argument type: constant used as argument, first argument is > correctly shown as "int" GCC is correct. When you use a variable you are passing an lvalue of type int, which is what int& means. When you pass a constant it is an rvalue, i.e. int. > > $ g++ -D DBG1 -c -o utl2.o utl2.cc > utl2.cc: In function "int main()": > utl2.cc:13:5: error: no matching function for call to "cls4::cls4(int, int)" Because you're passing two rvalues.