http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55159
Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |daniel.kruegler at | |googlemail dot com --- Comment #1 from Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> 2012-11-01 10:58:06 UTC --- I really think that Pythy should fix this implementation, because it is not supported by the C++11 standard. Any compiler accepting that is defect. According to 9.4.2 p3: "A static data member of literal type can be declared in the class definition with the constexpr specifier; if so, its declaration shall specify a brace-or-equal-initializer in which every initializer-clause that is an assignment-expression is a constant expression." As of 5.19 p2 the appearance of a lambda-expression prevents an expression from satisfying the requirements of a (core) constant expression. But changing your example to template <typename T> T* addr(T& t) { return &t; } bool less(int x, int y) { return x < y ? x : y; } const static auto* f = addr(less); indeed points to a defect of gcc, not being able to deduce auto here. I think this is the same bug that I can remember (but cannot find at the very moment) which shows a similar problem during overload resolution in templates when involving function addresses such as in template <typename T> T* addr(T& t) { return &t; } bool less(int x, int y) { return x < y ? x : y; } template<typename T> int deduce(const T*) { return 0; } int i = deduce(addr(less)); This example should be accepted, but gcc doesn't like it saying: "error: no matching function for call to 'deduce(bool (*)(int, int))'| note: candidate is:| note: template<class T> int deduce(const T*)| note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:| note: types 'const T' and 'bool(int, int)' have incompatible cv-qualifiers"