http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54140
Bug #: 54140 Summary: -Wswitch shouldn't complain about out-of-range values that are cast to the correct type Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.3 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: a...@aryeh.name Version: <<< $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/g++-4.6.real COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper Target: i686-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) >>> test.cpp: <<< enum Enum { A }; int main() { Enum x = (Enum)72; switch (x) { case A: return 1; case (Enum)72: return 0; } return 1; } >>> Command line and output: <<< $ g++ -Wall -Wextra -Werror test.cpp -otest test.cpp: In function ‘int main()’: test.cpp:7:3: error: case value ‘72’ not in enumerated type ‘Enum’ [-Werror=switch] cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors >>> This would have been appropriate if I wrote "case 72:", but I didn't -- I wrote "case (Enum)72:". This is an explicit indication that I want gcc to treat 72 as a member of Enum here, so I would expect no warning.