http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54020
Bug #: 54020 Summary: [c++0x] incorrectly accepted constexpr functions Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: l...@mit.edu Tested on a somewhat recent trunk build as well as 4.7-some branch version. // Preliminaries. extern int nonconst_func(int); constexpr int identity(int x) { return x; } constexpr int zero() { return identity(0); } constexpr int one() { return identity(1); } // Correctly accepted. constexpr int three = one() ? 3 : nonconst_func(0); // Incorrectly accepted. See [dcl.constexpr] #5: // For a constexpr function, if no function argument values exist // such that the function invocation sub-stitution would produce a // constant expression (5.19), the program is ill-formed; no diagnostic // required. constexpr int bogus() { return zero () ? 3 : nonconst_func(0); } // Correctly rejected (not sure why). constexpr int correct_error() { return nonconst_func(0); } // Correctly rejected. constexpr int z = bogus(); // This is also correctly rejected. constexpr int correct_failure() { return 0 ? 3 : nonconst_func(0); }