[Bug c++/17232] classes and class template specializations treated differently w.r.t. core issue #337

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------- Additional Comments From cludwig at cdc dot informatik dot tu-darmstadt dot de  2004-08-30 16:56 -------
Subject: Re:  classes and class template specializations treated differently w.r.t. core issue #337

On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:05:26PM -0000, bangerth at dealii dot org wrote:
> 
> So do we agree that the problem in this PR is really this: 
> - for the non-template, the compiler realizes that B is abstract 
>   and that therefore no array type can exist; it therefore rejects 
>   the template version of g and goes with the general one 
> - for the template class A, the compiler doesn't realize the  
>   abstractness and therefore goes with the template version of g 
> Is this indeed the reason the testcase fails?

Yes, that's correct.

Perhaps the testcase becomes clearer if you change main() into

  int main() { 
    return  g< A<int> >(0) + 2 * g< B >(0) ; 
  } 

I'd expect the return value 3 since both classes are abstract and (IMO)
the second overload should be chosen in both cases according to the
resolution of DR#337 and the SFINAE principle.
But gcc 3.4.1 returns 2, exhibiting that the compiler chose the
overloads g< A<int> >(A<int>(*)[1]) and g< B >(...),

> I double-checked that 
> if I remove the '=0' declaration in the two classes, that the testcase 
> really succeeds. 

That's correct behaviour. Once the classes are no longer abstract the
substitution T = B and T = A<int> into T(*)[1] yields a valid
expression and g(T(*)[1]) can take part in overload resolution. DR#337
does not apply. 

Since any match is considered better than the ellipsis, g(T(*)[1]) is
chosen both for T = B and T = A<int>.

Regards

Christoph


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