https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=115846
--- Comment #7 from 康桓瑋 <hewillk at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #6) > (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #1) > > I think it is due to: > > include/std/optional: _GLIBCXX20_CONSTEXPR ~_Storage() { } > > > > Which was done in r12-4389-g476f305b6cf11d (for https://wg21.link/p2231 ). > > Yes, P2231 was approved as a DR against C++20, so std::optional has a > constexpr destructor. > > The example works because no std::unique_ptr object needs to be destroyed, > but it's not related to unique_ptr at all. It works for any type: > > Reduced: > > #include <optional> > struct S { ~S() { } }; > static_assert( not std::optional<S>{} ); It seems like ~_Storage() doesn't call _M_value.~_Up(). I could be wrong.