http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48940
--- Comment #5 from Zachary Vance <vanceza at gmail dot com> 2011-05-10 10:27:08 UTC --- As long as folks are aware of this behavior and consider it proper, I personally have no objection. I don't see any large benefit from changing it; I was just confused when other people couldn't reproduce the error my compiler was giving.