------- Comment #2 from redi at gcc dot gnu dot org 2010-01-22 12:27 ------- N.B. the wording has moved in C++0x but the requirement is similar:
6 ... If a program calls for the default initialization of an object of a const-qualified type T, T shall be a class type with a user-provided default constructor. 11 If no initializer is specified for an object, the object is default-initialized; -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42844
