When verify_constant complains, it's pretty terse. Consider
void test ()
{
constexpr int i = 42;
constexpr const int *p = &i;
}
where it says "'& i' is not a constant expression". OK, but why?
With this patch, we say:
b.C:5:28: error: '& i' is not a constant expression
5 | constexpr const int *p = &i;
| ^~
b.C:5:28: note: pointer to 'i' is not a constant expression
b.C:4:17: note: address of non-static constexpr variable 'i' may differ on each invocation of the enclosing function; add 'static' to give it a constant address
4 | constexpr int i = 42;
| ^
| static
which brings g++ on par with clang++.
PR c++/91483
gcc/cp/ChangeLog:
* constexpr.cc (verify_constant_explain_r): New.
(verify_constant): Call it.