My first bug report, please let me know if I am missing anything. Running...
$ cat minimal.cpp && echo "-----" && g++ -Wall minimal.cpp && a.out Produces... #include <iostream> #include <map> #include <string> using namespace std; int main() { map<const char*, int> hash; string sElement; sElement = "ab1"; cout << sElement.c_str() << (( hash.find(sElement.c_str()) != hash.end() ) ? "\t\tfound\n" : "\t\tnot found\n"); sElement = "ab2"; cout << sElement.c_str() << (( hash.find(sElement.c_str()) != hash.end() ) ? "\t\tfound\n" : "\t\tnot found\n"); // string aux = sElement; if( hash.find(sElement.c_str()) == hash.end() ) hash[sElement.c_str()] = 7; sElement = "ab3"; cout << sElement.c_str() << (( hash.find(sElement.c_str()) != hash.end() ) ? "\t\tfound\n" : "\t\tnot found\n"); return 0; } ----- ab1 not found ab2 not found ab3 found There, the last line should be "ab3 not found", which can be obtained by removing "//" from the only commented line. $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.31-19-generic (bui...@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.4 --program-suffix=-4.4 --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) -- Summary: map [] behaviour is inconsistent Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: gcc_bugzilla dot 20 dot marcelitom at inboxclean dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43014