https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101374
--- Comment #3 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The following fails with -O2 -Wall -Werror after but not before the rev. - not sure if the reduction is otherwise sensible. template <typename T> struct reinterpret_is_a_helper { template <typename U> static T cast(U p) { return T(p); } }; template <typename, typename U> bool is_a(U); template <typename T, typename U> T dyn_cast(U p) { if (is_a<T>(p)) return reinterpret_is_a_helper<T>::cast(p); return 0; } enum tree_node_structure_enum { TS_DECL_COMMON }; void contains_struct_check(int, tree_node_structure_enum, const char *, int, const char *); enum availability { AVAIL_NOT_AVAILABLE, AVAIL_AVAILABLE }; struct symtab_node { symtab_node *ultimate_alias_target(); unsigned definition : 1; unsigned in_other_partition : 1; }; struct varpool_node : symtab_node { availability get_availability(); varpool_node *ultimate_alias_target(symtab_node *); unsigned : 1; }; inline symtab_node *symtab_node::ultimate_alias_target() { dyn_cast<varpool_node *>(this)->get_availability(); dyn_cast<varpool_node *>(this)->get_availability(); return 0; } inline varpool_node *varpool_node::ultimate_alias_target(symtab_node *) { symtab_node __trans_tmp_1 = *symtab_node::ultimate_alias_target(); varpool_node *n = dyn_cast<varpool_node *>(&__trans_tmp_1); return n; } availability varpool_node::get_availability() { symtab_node ref; if (definition && in_other_partition) return AVAIL_NOT_AVAILABLE; ultimate_alias_target(&ref); contains_struct_check(0, TS_DECL_COMMON, "", 5, __FUNCTION__); return AVAIL_AVAILABLE; } > /tmp/obj2/prev-gcc/cc1plus -quiet varpool.ii -O2 -Wall -Werror In member function 'availability varpool_node::get_availability()', inlined from 'symtab_node* symtab_node::ultimate_alias_target()' at varpool.ii:25:51, inlined from 'varpool_node* varpool_node::ultimate_alias_target(symtab_node*)' at varpool.ii:30:66, inlined from 'availability varpool_node::_ZN12varpool_node16get_availabilityEv.part.0()' at varpool.ii:38:24: varpool.ii:36:18: error: array subscript 'varpool_node[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'varpool_node [0]' [-Werror=array-bounds] 36 | if (definition && in_other_partition) | ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ varpool.ii: In member function 'availability varpool_node::_ZN12varpool_node16get_availabilityEv.part.0()': varpool.ii:19:8: note: object 'varpool_node::<anonymous>' of size 4 19 | struct varpool_node : symtab_node { | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ In member function 'availability varpool_node::get_availability()', inlined from 'symtab_node* symtab_node::ultimate_alias_target()' at varpool.ii:26:51, inlined from 'varpool_node* varpool_node::ultimate_alias_target(symtab_node*)' at varpool.ii:30:66, inlined from 'availability varpool_node::_ZN12varpool_node16get_availabilityEv.part.0()' at varpool.ii:38:24: varpool.ii:36:18: error: array subscript 'varpool_node[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'varpool_node [0]' [-Werror=array-bounds] 36 | if (definition && in_other_partition) | ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ varpool.ii: In member function 'availability varpool_node::_ZN12varpool_node16get_availabilityEv.part.0()': varpool.ii:19:8: note: object 'varpool_node::<anonymous>' of size 4 19 | struct varpool_node : symtab_node { | ^~~~~~~~~~~~ cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors