http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51096
Bug #: 51096 Summary: No EBCO if a member of the base class type is defined Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: henn...@still-hidden.de There is no EBCO if a member of the base class type is defined. I do not see any reason why there is no EBCO in this case. It works with every other empty struct. MSVC++ 10 tells me that both, Derived and AnotherDerived, have a size of one byte. // -------------------------------------- #include <iostream> struct Base { }; struct Derived : public Base { Base a; }; struct Another { }; struct AnotherDerived : public Base { Another a; }; int main() { std::cout << "sizeof(Derived): " << sizeof(Derived) << std::endl; // -> 2 Byte std::cout << "sizeof(AnotherDerived): " << sizeof(AnotherDerived) << std::endl; // -> 1 Byte return 0; } // ------------------------------------------- > g++ -v main.cpp -o main Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: /build/src/gcc-4.6.2/configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=https://bugs.archlinux.org/ --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --with-ppl --enable-cloog-backend=isl --enable-lto --enable-gold --enable-ld=default --enable-plugin --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --disable-multilib --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-checking=release Thread model: posix gcc version 4.6.2 (GCC) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-o' 'main' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/cc1plus -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE main.cpp -quiet -dumpbase main.cpp -mtune=generic -march=x86-64 -auxbase main -version -o /tmp/ccmxW0pV.s GNU C++ (GCC) version 4.6.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.6.2, GMP version 5.0.2, MPFR version 3.1.0-p1, MPC version 0.9 warning: MPFR header version 3.1.0-p1 differs from library version 3.1.0-p3. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/include" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../include/c++/4.6.2 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../include/c++/4.6.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../include/c++/4.6.2/backward /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++ (GCC) version 4.6.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.6.2, GMP version 5.0.2, MPFR version 3.1.0-p1, MPC version 0.9 warning: MPFR header version 3.1.0-p1 differs from library version 3.1.0-p3. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: ab128873fb8cc1314e30f9032a4d831d COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-o' 'main' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' as --64 -o /tmp/ccaW2Rvd.o /tmp/ccmxW0pV.s COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/ LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../lib/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-o' 'main' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/collect2 --build-id --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=both -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -o main /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../lib -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../.. /tmp/ccaW2Rvd.o -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.6.2/../../../../lib/crtn.o