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Subject: [Bug c++/105553] New: Deduction when attempting to create an array
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D105553

            Bug ID: 105553
           Summary: Deduction when attempting to create an array with an
                    element type that is an abstract class
           Product: gcc
           Version: 11.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: glenjofe at gmail dot com
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Starting with GCC11, the following definition of a trait to check if a type=
 is
abstract no longer works in any standard mode:

template<class T>
class is_abstract {
    template<class U>
    static char (&check(U(*)[1]))[2];
    template<class U>
    static char check(...);
public:
    static const bool value =3D sizeof(check<T>(0)) =3D=3D sizeof(char);
};
struct abstract {
    virtual void function() =3D 0;
};
static_assert(is_abstract<abstract>::value, "ok");

The static assertion trigger on GCC11 and above, even in older standard mod=
es.
It compiles fine on GCC10 and below.

Various libraries in Boost use the above definition of is_abstract especial=
ly
in C++03. The basis was the following wording in [temp.deduct] until C++17:

"Type deduction may fail for the following reasons:
- Attempting to create an array with an element type that is void, a functi=
on
type, a reference type, or an abstract class type, or attempting to create =
an
array with a size that is zero or negative."

The "or an abstract class type" was absent in C++03, added by CWG337.=