VS 2015 internal compiler error for static constexpr const char* a[] = {"foo", "bar"}

Question

this compiles fine:

static constexpr char* a[] = {"foo", "bar"};

static constexpr const char* a[]  = {"foo", "bar"};

this also compiles:

static constexpr const char* const a[] = {"foo", "bar"};

None of the two that compile have an array that's accessible via indexing.

*"internal compiler error"* means a bug in the compiler. If you have a workaround, use that while waiting for the next compiler service pack. — Bo Persson, Mar 12 '16 at 10:59
Just guessing here, but compiling with optimisations should logically be much harder to accomplish for the compiler than compiling without optimisations, so it's also more bug-prone. — Christian Hackl, Mar 12 '16 at 11:09
I filed a bug: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/2471252 — noztol, Mar 14 '16 at 15:16
Wanted to Post an update that the bug on microsoft's end has been closed and marked fixed for vs2015 update 2. — noztol, Apr 20 '16 at 19:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '16 at 15:19

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