https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=71765
Bug ID: 71765 Summary: incorrectly accepts invalid C++ code that invokes base class constructor Product: gcc Version: 7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: su at cs dot ucdavis.edu Target Milestone: --- Please see: https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=28408 in particular, Richard Smith's comment. $ g++-trunk -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++-trunk COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/gcc-trunk/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/7.0.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-source-trunk/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,lto --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-trunk --disable-bootstrap Thread model: posix gcc version 7.0.0 20160704 (experimental) [trunk revision 237986] (GCC) $ $ g++-trunk -c -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -std=c++98 good.cpp $ $ clang++-3.8 -c good.cpp good.cpp:14:7: error: destructor type 'A' in object destruction expression does not match the type 'B' of the object being destroyed b->~A (); ^ good.cpp:1:8: note: type 'A' is declared here struct A ^ 1 error generated. $ $ cat good.cpp struct A { virtual ~A () {} }; struct B : public A { virtual ~B () {} }; void foo () { B *b = new B; b->~A (); // but okay: b->A::~A(); }