https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=119185
--- Comment #4 from Xi Ruoyao <xry111 at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #2) > What if the function is not called indirectly, wouldn't the implicit object > ref just be garbage? > > My response to this is "just use C++". Then you have functions which are > guaranteed by the language to be "member" functions, so always have an > object ref, and it's guaranteed to be available with portable spelling > ('this'). I agree, and with -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions I cannot see why C++ cannot be used, even for a tiny kernel.