https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98418
Bug ID: 98418 Summary: Valid integer constant expressions based on expressions that trigger -Wshift-overflow are treated as non-constants Product: gcc Version: 6.1.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: pskocik at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- This causes things like: struct foo { unsigned bit: (0xffffffffll<<40)!=0; }; to elicit a -pedantic warning about the bitfield width not being a proper integer constant expression, even though it is. In other contexts, a complete compilation error might ensue: extern int bar[ (0xffffffffll<<40)!=0 ]; //seen as an invalid VLA https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/7zfz96 Neither clang nor gcc <= 5 appear to have this bug. https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93241 seems related.