Why this C++ program behave differently on different compilers? [duplicate] - c++

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I was reading this. That question contains following program.
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
int main()
{
using namespace std;
string myString = "Press ENTER to quit program!";
cout << "Come up and C++ me some time." << endl;
printf("Follow this command: %s", myString);
cin.get();
return 0;
}
I tried it on g++ 4.8.1 & it fails in compilation. g++ 4.8.1 gives following diagnosis.
9 47 [Error] cannot pass objects of non-trivially-copyable type 'std::string {aka class std::basic_string<char>}' through '...'
9 47 [Warning] format '%s' expects argument of type 'char*', but argument 2 has type 'std::string {aka std::basic_string<char>}' [-Wformat=]
What does this error mean? Should this program compile successfully or not? Which compiler is correct (g++ or MSVS 2010) ? Why MSVS 2010 accepts this code? Is the code invokes undefined behavior when compiled on MSVS 2010?
Surprising: I tried it on ideone which uses g++ 5.0 & surprisingly it compiles & runs fine. (See live demo here.). g++ 5.2.0 gives warning when I compile this code. (See live demo here). Why it compiles fine on ideone but fails on g++ 4.8.1? g++ 4.8.2(gives same diagnosis as g++ 4.8.1, 4.9.0,4.9.1,4.9.2 (gives error not warning). g++ 5.1.0 gives warning but program still compiles & runs fine.
Why different versions of g++ behave differently when compiling above program? Is this bug in g++ ? Clang also rejects this code to compile in response to answer given by #TemplateRex

Answer 1

Clang errors out with "error: cannot pass non-trivial object of type 'string' (aka 'basic_string') to variadic function; expected type from format string was 'char *' [-Wnon-pod-varargs]" and suggests the fix "note: did you mean to call the c_str() method?"
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <string>
int main()
{
using namespace std;
string myString = "Press ENTER to quit program!";
cout << "Come up and C++ me some time." << endl;
printf("Follow this command: %s", myString.c_str());
cin.get();
}
and it seems to work.