http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59274
Bug ID: 59274 Summary: Problem with passing std::function object as value Product: gcc Version: 4.8.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: ks at edaboard dot com During learning of new features of c++11 I tested this code to print random numbers, with the function object passed as reference this code works as expected: #include <iostream> #include <functional> #include <random> #include <chrono> void print_random(std::function<double()>& dice) { std::cout << dice() << ", "; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { std::default_random_engine generator(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count()); std::normal_distribution<double> distribution(0,6); std::function<double()> dice = std::bind (distribution, generator); std::cout << "Random numbers: "; for(int i=0; i<30; ++i) print_random(dice); std::cout << std::endl; return 0; } The output: Random numbers: -3.02879, 10.0929, -0.0317818, 4.81011, 1.97929, -0.392321, -7.58843, -1.29167, -5.95159, -5.817, 6.94564, -12.699, -0.360104, -3.74067, -3.17531, -2.09552, 1.23506, 4.49736, -0.656716, 16.852, 1.94649, 8.01674, -4.61985, -16.5746, 3.07316, 0.123368, 3.8882, -3.00898, -8.77073, 1.76514, but after I change the print_random function in order to pass the dice parameter as value: void print_random(std::function<double()> dice) { The result is the same random value repeated 30 times like this: Random numbers: 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, 2.07122, Compile command: "g++ -O3 -std=c++11 a.cpp -o a" g++ -v: "Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu8' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.1 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.8.1-10ubuntu8)"