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From: Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>
Subject: Re: c++/5732: g++ not using return type for overload resolution
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The following reply was made to PR c++/5732; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>
To: mstaley@lanl.gov
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/5732: g++ not using return type for overload resolution
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:07:34 -0500

 On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:26:52PM -0700, Martin Staley wrote:
 > 
 >      template<class T>
 >      T fun(const T &)
 >      {
 >         std::cout << "foo" << std::endl;
 >         return 0;
 >      }
 > 
 >      template<class T>
 >      typename T::value_type fun(const T &)
 >      {
 >         std::cout << "bar" << std::endl;
 >         return 0;
 >      }
 
 Not a bug.
 
     Function declarations that differ only in the return type cannot
     be overloaded.
 
 Thus sayeth the standard, [13.1]/2.