https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93296
Bug ID: 93296 Summary: Compiler error when assigning array to const reference with implicit constructor call. Product: gcc Version: 9.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: benjamin at readyatdawn dot com Target Milestone: --- I'm seeing this error running godbolt.org compiler explorer. I don't have gcc installed on my PC so I have not attached a preprocessed file, but the bug is very simple to reproduce. I see the issue with all versions of gcc available on compiler explorer. This is the simplest repro I ended up with: <code> struct Container { Container(int (&)[3]) { } }; int main() { int data[3]; const Container& container = data; return 0; } </code> error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'const Container&' from expression of type 'int*' A few changes avoid the issue, these both work: <code> const Container container = data; // no reference const Container& container { data }; // explicit construction </code> Compiler output with '-v': Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/g++ Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-9.2.0/configure --prefix=/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-build/staging --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-bootstrap --enable-multiarch --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,ada,d --enable-ld=yes --enable-gold=yes --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugins --enable-threads=posix --with-pkgversion=Compiler-Explorer-Build Thread model: posix gcc version 9.2.0 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-fdiagnostics-color=always' '-g' '-o' './output.s' '-masm=intel' '-S' '-v' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/cc1plus -quiet -v -imultiarch x86_64-linux-gnu -iprefix /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/ -D_GNU_SOURCE <source> -quiet -dumpbase example.cpp -masm=intel -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase-strip ./output.s -g -version -fdiagnostics-color=always -o ./output.s GNU C++14 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) version 9.2.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.4.0, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.18-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/backward" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include-fixed" ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0 /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/x86_64-linux-gnu /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/backward /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include-fixed /usr/local/include /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../include /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++14 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) version 9.2.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.4.0, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.18-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: 35bcd684e0bc8b3378dcc1f162909bba <source>: In function 'int main()': <source>:7:34: error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'const Container&' from expression of type 'int*' 7 | const Container& container = data; | ^~~~ ASM generation compiler returned: 1 Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-9.2.0/configure --prefix=/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-build/staging --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-bootstrap --enable-multiarch --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,ada,d --enable-ld=yes --enable-gold=yes --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugins --enable-threads=posix --with-pkgversion=Compiler-Explorer-Build Thread model: posix gcc version 9.2.0 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-fdiagnostics-color=always' '-g' '-o' './output.s' '-v' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/cc1plus -quiet -v -imultiarch x86_64-linux-gnu -iprefix /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/ -D_GNU_SOURCE <source> -quiet -dumpbase example.cpp -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase example -g -version -fdiagnostics-color=always -o /tmp/cc5PFAVP.s GNU C++14 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) version 9.2.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.4.0, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.18-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/backward" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring duplicate directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include-fixed" ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0 /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/x86_64-linux-gnu /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../include/c++/9.2.0/backward /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/9.2.0/include-fixed /usr/local/include /opt/compiler-explorer/gcc-9.2.0/bin/../lib/gcc/../../include /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++14 (Compiler-Explorer-Build) version 9.2.0 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 7.4.0, GMP version 6.1.0, MPFR version 3.1.4, MPC version 1.0.3, isl version isl-0.18-GMP GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: 35bcd684e0bc8b3378dcc1f162909bba <source>: In function 'int main()': <source>:7:34: error: invalid initialization of reference of type 'const Container&' from expression of type 'int*' 7 | const Container& container = data; | ^~~~ Execution build compiler returned: 1