http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58876
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |diagnostic Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2013-10-30 Component|c++ |libstdc++ Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- This is because warnings are suppressed by default in system headers, and the undefined delete operation occurs in a system header. You get the warning if you use -Wsystem-headers I don't see an easy way to force the warning to always be emitted though.