https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101998
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The C++ standard forbids it, that's why GCC gives an error. "The operand of the unary & operator shall be an lvalue of some type T."