https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116967
Bug ID: 116967 Summary: Accepts-invalid missing constinit specifier on initializing declaration Product: gcc Version: 15.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: janschultke at googlemail dot com Target Milestone: --- extern constinit int x; int x; This TU violates https://eel.is/c++draft/dcl.constinit#1.sentence-2: > If the [constinit] specifier is applied to any declaration of a variable, > it shall be applied to the initializing declaration. However, GCC accepts this program with no warnings: https://godbolt.org/z/9naoPWKnq (unlike Clang and MSVC, which warn and error, respectively)