when compiling the attached program with g++ -g -Wall -Wextra -O2 test.cc
I get the following output: test.cc: In function 'Tiny_vector<double, D> foo() [with int D = 1]': test.cc:67:28: warning: 'point.Tiny_vector<double, 1>::x[i.2]' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] However, the warning about an uninitialized variable seems to be unjustified. This bug also occurs with g++ 4.4.4. Then c...@argo:~$ g++-snapshot -v -save-temps -g -Wall -Wextra -O2 test.cc Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 20100621-1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-snapshot/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --disable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-plugin --enable-gold --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.6-snap/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.6-snap --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.6-snap --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic --disable-werror --enable-checking=yes --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.0 20100621 (experimental) [trunk revision 161065] (Debian 20100621-1) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-g' '-Wall' '-Wextra' '-O2' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/cc1plus -E -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE test.cc -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -Wall -Wextra -g -fworking-directory -O2 -fpch-preprocess -o test.ii ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /home/cwg/include /home/cwg/il/include /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../include/c++/4.6.0 /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../include/c++/4.6.0/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../include/c++/4.6.0/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/include /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/include /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-g' '-Wall' '-Wextra' '-O2' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/cc1plus -fpreprocessed test.ii -quiet -dumpbase test.cc -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase test -g -O2 -Wall -Wextra -version -o test.s GNU C++ (Debian 20100621-1) version 4.6.0 20100621 (experimental) [trunk revision 161065] (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.6.0 20100621 (experimental) [trunk revision 161065], GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2-p1, MPC version 0.8.2 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 GNU C++ (Debian 20100621-1) version 4.6.0 20100621 (experimental) [trunk revision 161065] (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.6.0 20100621 (experimental) [trunk revision 161065], GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2-p1, MPC version 0.8.2 GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: 0636e4414ce9f58acfa5abe5245be350 test.cc: In function 'Tiny_vector<double, D> foo() [with int D = 1]': test.cc:67:28: warning: 'point.Tiny_vector<double, 1>::x[i.2]' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-g' '-Wall' '-Wextra' '-O2' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' as -V -Qy --64 -o test.o test.s GNU assembler version 2.20.1 (x86_64-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.20.1-system.20100303 COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/ LIBRARY_PATH=/home/cwg/lib/../lib/:/home/cwg/il/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../lib/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/home/cwg/lib/:/home/cwg/il/lib/:/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-save-temps' '-g' '-Wall' '-Wextra' '-O2' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/collect2 --build-id --no-add-needed --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /usr/lib/../lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/crtbegin.o -L/home/cwg/lib/../lib -L/home/cwg/il/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0 -L/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/home/cwg/lib -L/home/cwg/il/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/../../.. test.o -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.0/crtend.o /usr/lib/../lib/crtn.o -- Summary: unjustified warning about uinitialized variable Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: cwg at falma dot de GCC build triplet: x86_64-linux-gnu GCC host triplet: x86_64-linux-gnu GCC target triplet: x86_64-linux-gnu http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44781