[Bug c++/53341] New: overloaded operator delete(void *) appear in object file even when not directly used

[mh+gcc at glandium dot org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53341

             Bug #: 53341
           Summary: overloaded operator delete(void *) appear in object
                    file even when not directly used
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.7.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: mh+...@glandium.org


Consider the following program:

---------8<----------
#include <algorithm>
extern void moz_free(void *ptr);

__attribute__((always_inline)) inline
void operator delete(void* ptr) throw()
{
    return moz_free(ptr);
}

int foo() {
    return 42;
}
---------8<----------

g++ -std=c++0x will put two symbols in the resulting object:
_ZdlPv and _Z3foov. The former is operator delete(void *)

This doesn't happen when including <new> instead of <algorithm>.

This doesn't happen without -std=c++0x.

This doesn't happen with operator new, operator new[], or operator delete[].

This doesn't happen when removing __attribute__((__externally_visible__)) from
/usr/include/c++/4.7/new. (added in bug 50594)