https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85441
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |compile-time-hog, | |memory-hog Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2018-04-17 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- You didn't use any optimization flags, so nothing is optimized away. But it should be possible to skip evaluation of empty loops inside constant expression evaluation.