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Commit f55ce36c authored by David L. Jones's avatar David L. Jones
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Allow constexpr construction of subobjects unconditionally, not just in C++14.

Summary:
Per https://wg21.link/CWG1677, the C++11 standard did not clarify that constant
initialization of an object allowed constexpr brace-or-equal initialization of
subobjects:

  struct foo_t { union { int i; volatile int j; } u; };

  __attribute__((__require_constant_initialization__))
  static const foo_t x = {{0}};

Because foo_t::u has a volatile member, the initializer for x fails. However,
there is really no good reason, because this:

  union foo_u { int i; volatile int j; };
  __attribute__((__require_constant_initialization__))
  static const foo_u x = {0};

does have a constant initializer.

(This was triggered by musl's pthread_mutex_t type when building under C++11.)

Reviewers: rsmith

Subscribers: EricWF, cfe-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D28427

llvm-svn: 291480
parent a84ab073
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