Q. about POD with const member (or g++ vs. Comeau)

[Stefan Naewe <stefan dot naewe at atlas-elektronik dot com>]

Given the following:


// ++ CODE
struct S
{
  const int ci;
};

int main()
{
  S  * s = new S;
}
// -- CODE


Comeau Online gives me:

// ++ output
Comeau C/C++ 4.3.10.1 (May 29 2008 09:37:15) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA1
Copyright 1988-2008 Comeau Computing.  All rights reserved.
MODE:strict errors C++ C++0x_extensions

"ComeauTest.c", line 1: warning: class "S" defines no constructor to
initialize the
          following:
            const member "S::ci"
  struct S
         ^

"ComeauTest.c", line 8: error: object has an uninitialized const or
reference member
    S  * s = new S;
                 ^

1 error detected in the compilation of "ComeauTest.c".

// -- output


Different g++ versions
4.2.3
4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
gcc version 4.3.1 20080404 (prerelease) [gcc-4_3-branch revision 133917]
        (Ubuntu 20080404-0ubuntu1)

give:

// ++ output
constmember.cc: In function 'int main()':
constmember.cc:8: warning: unused variable 's'
// -- output


Reading 5.3.4.15 (and 8.5.5) of the holy standard
I'd say Comeau is right, the program is ill-formed, isn't it?

Bug?


Regards
  Stefan
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