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iisn't constant, but allows its use as array size (and not a VLA). That is inconsistent. g++ accepts the code withstaticadded. Are you sure that you're not reporting a compiler quirk (bug) as a rule of the language? If it is a rule, what is it?rishould get different value at each recursion level, but how many recursion levels are there? It may depend on runtime value...ia different adress determined at run time, but with a value known at compile time. That's just idiocy. If there is such a rule in the current language definition, then that's clearly a defect in the standard. So I'm interested in what the (alleged) rule is.constexprobject needs not have static storage duration, and probably a local non-staticone is required to behave as-if it's of automatic storage duration. This supports (1)constexprobjects that are not really constant because they havemutableparts, (2) per translation-unit optimization where an non-ODR used non-staticconstexprobject is removed, and (3) just wasting programmers' time. A defect.constepxrobjects. Grumble, grumble... Argh!