https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68230
--- Comment #8 from Joshua T, Fisher <j.fisher at digipen dot edu> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #7) > (In reply to Joshua T, Fisher from comment #5) > > and my blog where I first encountered this in a closed source codebase: > > > > http://www.nullterminatedstrings.com/c++/recursive-warning > > I'm a bit more persuaded having read this. If it points out you forgot to > use it (for anything except the recursion) that could help find real bugs. That's what I was hoping! I feel like it's definitely something that could hit some real code bases. I find it unlikely I'm the only person ever to run into this.