But yes, I think checking for literal type is a better idea.
Tested x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, applying to trunk.
commit 81e093c1d6f2657c8c3c2abc2af559111ca82da4 Author: Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> Date: Sun Jun 26 15:23:00 2011 -0400 PR c++/49528 * semantics.c (potential_constant_expression_1): Check for non-literality rather than cleanup. (cxx_eval_constant_expression): Likewise. diff --git a/gcc/cp/semantics.c b/gcc/cp/semantics.c index 5404c9f..d1af0c6 100644 --- a/gcc/cp/semantics.c +++ b/gcc/cp/semantics.c @@ -7020,11 +7020,10 @@ cxx_eval_constant_expression (const constexpr_call *call, tree t, break; case TARGET_EXPR: - /* A cleanup isn't constant. */ - if (TARGET_EXPR_CLEANUP (t)) + if (!literal_type_p (TREE_TYPE (t))) { if (!allow_non_constant) - error ("temporary of type %qT needing destruction in a " + error ("temporary of non-literal type %qT in a " "constant expression", TREE_TYPE (t)); *non_constant_p = true; break; @@ -7851,11 +7850,10 @@ potential_constant_expression_1 (tree t, bool want_rval, tsubst_flags_t flags) want_rval, flags); case TARGET_EXPR: - /* A cleanup isn't constant. */ - if (TARGET_EXPR_CLEANUP (t)) + if (!literal_type_p (TREE_TYPE (t))) { if (flags & tf_error) - error ("temporary of type %qT needing destruction in a " + error ("temporary of non-literal type %qT in a " "constant expression", TREE_TYPE (t)); return false; } diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-cleanup.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-cleanup.C index b3fb9a8..de17f3d 100644 --- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-cleanup.C +++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-cleanup.C @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ struct A ~A(); }; -constexpr int i = A().i; // { dg-error "destruction" } +constexpr int i = A().i; // { dg-error "non-literal" }