http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52845
Bug #: 52845 Summary: non-void return type deduced for lambda with empty compound statement Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: matti...@yahoo.co.uk Below is output from "gcc -v", compilation line with warning and contents of *.ii file. user@host:~/$ gcc -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.0/lto-wrapper Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-svn/configure : (reconfigured) ../gcc-svn/configure : (reconfigured) ../gcc-svn/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,java,lto,objc --no-create --no-recursion : (reconfigured) ../gcc-svn/configure --enable-languages=c++ : (reconfigured) ../gcc-svn/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,lto --no-create --no-recursion Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.0 20120401 (experimental) (GCC) user@host:~/$ g++ -save-temps -Wall --std=c++11 -c empty_lambda.cpp empty_lambda.cpp: In lambda function: empty_lambda.cpp:3:8: warning: no return statement in function returning non-void [-Wreturn-type] user@host:~/$ cat empty_lambda.ii # 1 "empty_lambda.cpp" # 1 "<command-line>" # 1 "empty_lambda.cpp" void f() { [](){}; } user@host:~/$ No warning with "gcc version 4.8.0 20120307 (experimental) (GCC)".