The following patch optimizes the equal element case of cxx_eval_vec_init_1 to use a RANGE_EXPR in the built CONSTRUCTOR instead of repeating the same element over and over. This cuts down memory use of the invalid testcase in the PR from tens of GB to nothing and makes us rejct it instantanously instead of by going OOM.
Bootstrapped and tested on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. Ok for trunk? Thanks, Richard. 2018-02-09 Richard Biener <rguent...@suse.de> PR c++/84281 * constexpr.c (cxx_eval_vec_init_1): Use a RANGE_EXPR to compact uniform constructors and delay allocating them fully. Index: gcc/cp/constexpr.c =================================================================== --- gcc/cp/constexpr.c (revision 257491) +++ gcc/cp/constexpr.c (working copy) @@ -2885,7 +2885,6 @@ cxx_eval_vec_init_1 (const constexpr_ctx unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT max = tree_to_uhwi (array_type_nelts_top (atype)); verify_ctor_sanity (ctx, atype); vec<constructor_elt, va_gc> **p = &CONSTRUCTOR_ELTS (ctx->ctor); - vec_alloc (*p, max + 1); bool pre_init = false; unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT i; @@ -2978,13 +2977,14 @@ cxx_eval_vec_init_1 (const constexpr_ctx { if (new_ctx.ctor != ctx->ctor) eltinit = new_ctx.ctor; - for (i = 1; i < max; ++i) - { - idx = build_int_cst (size_type_node, i); - CONSTRUCTOR_APPEND_ELT (*p, idx, unshare_constructor (eltinit)); - } + tree range = build2 (RANGE_EXPR, size_type_node, + build_int_cst (size_type_node, 1), + build_int_cst (size_type_node, max - 1)); + CONSTRUCTOR_APPEND_ELT (*p, range, unshare_constructor (eltinit)); break; } + else + vec_safe_reserve (*p, max + 1); } if (!*non_constant_p)