From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1236 invoked by alias); 10 Feb 2013 02:22:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 30807 invoked by uid 48); 10 Feb 2013 02:22:02 -0000 From: "ppluzhnikov at google dot com" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c++/56272] New: Poor diagnostics for error: specialization of ... after instantiation Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:22:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c++ X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: ppluzhnikov at google dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2013-02/txt/msg00957.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D56272 Bug #: 56272 Summary: Poor diagnostics for error: specialization of ... after instantiation Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: ppluzhnikov@google.com Test case: template class A { void Invert () { A < double >a; } }; template class A; template <> void A < double >::Invert (); g++ -c t.ii t.ii:11:40: error: specialization of =E2=80=98void A::Invert() [with T = =3D double]=E2=80=99 after instantiation Yes, but where was instantiation triggered? In this reduced test case, it's obvious, but in a real test case I have 2MB= of text, the code builds fine with gcc-4.7, and the instantiation point is now= here to be seen.