See <https://wg21.link/p2448>.
The trunk branch has been updated by Marek Polacek <mpolacek@gcc.gnu.org>: https://gcc.gnu.org/g:c85f8dbb173f45053f6d8849d27adc98d9668769 commit r13-4112-gc85f8dbb173f45053f6d8849d27adc98d9668769 Author: Marek Polacek <polacek@redhat.com> Date: Wed Nov 2 13:11:02 2022 -0400 c++: P2448 - Relaxing some constexpr restrictions [PR106649] This patch implements C++23 P2448, which lifts more restrictions on the constexpr keyword. It's effectively going the way of being just a hint (hello, inline!). This gist is relatively simple: in C++23, a constexpr function's return type/parameter type doesn't have to be a literal type; and you can have a constexpr function for which no invocation satisfies the requirements of a core constant expression. For example, void f(int& i); // not constexpr constexpr void g(int& i) { f(i); // unconditionally calls a non-constexpr function } is now OK, even though there isn't an invocation of 'g' that would be a constant expression. Maybe 'f' will be made constexpr soon, or maybe this depends on the version of C++ used, and similar. The patch is unfortunately not that trivial. The important bit is to use the new require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression_fncheck in maybe_save_constexpr_fundef (and where appropriate). It has a new flag that says that we're checking the body of a constexpr function, and in that case it's OK to find constructs that aren't a constant expression. Since it's useful to be able to check for problematic constructs even in C++23, this patch implements a new warning, -Winvalid-constexpr, which is a pedwarn turned on by default in C++20 and earlier, and which can be turned on in C++23 as well, in which case it's an ordinary warning. This I implemented by using the new function constexpr_error, used in p_c_e_1 and friends. (In some cases I believe fundef_p will be always false (= hard error), but it made sense to me to be consistent and use constexpr_error throughout p_c_e_1.) While working on this I think I found a bug, see constexpr-nonlit15.C and <https://gcc.gnu.org/PR107598>. This patch doesn't address that. This patch includes changes to diagnose the problem if the user doesn't use -Winvalid-constexpr and calls a constexpr function that in fact isn't constexpr-ready yet: maybe_save_constexpr_fundef registers the function if warn_invalid_constexpr is 0 and explain_invalid_constexpr_fn then gives the diagnostic. PR c++/106649 gcc/c-family/ChangeLog: * c-cppbuiltin.cc (c_cpp_builtins): Update value of __cpp_constexpr for C++23. * c-opts.cc (c_common_post_options): Set warn_invalid_constexpr depending on cxx_dialect. * c.opt (Winvalid-constexpr): New option. gcc/cp/ChangeLog: * constexpr.cc (constexpr_error): New function. (is_valid_constexpr_fn): Use constexpr_error. (maybe_save_constexpr_fundef): Call require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression_fncheck rather than require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression. Register the function if -Wno-invalid-constexpr was specified. (explain_invalid_constexpr_fn): Don't return early if a function marked 'constexpr' that isn't actually a constant expression was called. (non_const_var_error): Add a bool parameter. Use constexpr_error. (inline_asm_in_constexpr_error): Likewise. (cxx_eval_constant_expression): Adjust calls to non_const_var_error and inline_asm_in_constexpr_error. (potential_constant_expression_1): Add a bool parameter. Use constexpr_error. (require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression_fncheck): New function. * cp-tree.h (require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression_fncheck): Declare. * method.cc (struct comp_info): Call require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression_fncheck rather than require_potential_rvalue_constant_expression. gcc/ChangeLog: * doc/invoke.texi: Document -Winvalid-constexpr. gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog: * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-ctor2.C: Expect an error in c++20_down only. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-default-ctor.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-diag3.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-ex1.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-friend.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-generated1.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-ice5.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-ice6.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-memfn1.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-neg2.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-non-const-arg.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/constexpr-reinterpret1.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp0x/pr65327.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-105050.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-89285-2.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-89285.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-89785-2.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-neg1.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-nsdmi7b.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp1y/constexpr-throw.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit3.C: Remove dg-error. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit6.C: Call the test functions. * g++.dg/cpp23/feat-cxx2b.C: Adjust the expected value of __cpp_constexpr. * g++.dg/cpp2a/consteval3.C: Remove dg-error. * g++.dg/cpp2a/constexpr-new7.C: Expect an error in c++20_down only. * g++.dg/cpp2a/constexpr-try5.C: Remove dg-error. * g++.dg/cpp2a/spaceship-constexpr1.C: Expect an error in c++20_down only. * g++.dg/cpp2a/spaceship-eq3.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/diagnostic/constexpr1.C: Remove dg-error. * g++.dg/gomp/pr79664.C: Use -Winvalid-constexpr -pedantic-errors. * g++.dg/ubsan/vptr-4.C: Likewise. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit10.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit11.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit12.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit13.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit14.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit15.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit16.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit8.C: New test. * g++.dg/cpp23/constexpr-nonlit9.C: New test.
Done for GCC 13.