http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50233
--- Comment #3 from Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> 2011-08-30 09:30:48 UTC --- (In reply to comment #2) > Good. 4_6-branch behaves the same. Do we agree that GCC is correct in > rejecting > this (without ICE-ing of course)? I think that gcc is right rejecting it. The case is similar to the following one: int main() { constexpr int i{}; constexpr const int* p = &i; } This program is ill-formed, because i is a variable without static storage duration, and thus does not allow for forming an address-constant expression.