Re: Comeau and G++ disagree. Compiler bug?

From:

"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:06:22 -0400

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<f9nsoc$vah$1@news.datemas.de>

Alan Woodland wrote:

I was trying to come up with obscure C++ questions in the style of
GoTW and ran across this unexpected difference between G++ and
comeau. Can anyone point me in the direction of the correct result
for this program?

#include <iostream>

namespace A {
  class Foo { };
  struct f {
  public:
     f(const Foo& f) { std::cout << "ctor" << std::endl; }
  };
}

template <typename T>
void f(const T& t) { std::cout << "Template ref" << std::endl; }

void f(A::Foo& f) { std::cout << "Plain ref" << std::endl; }

int main() {
  f(A::Foo());
  return 0;
}

G++ doesn't accept it and says:
test.cc: In function 'int main()':
test.cc:5: error: 'struct A::f' is not a function,
test.cc:14: error: conflict with 'void f(A::Foo&)'
test.cc:17: error: in call to 'f'
G++ version was:
g++ (GCC) 4.1.3 20070718 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-14)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There
is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Whereas Comeau allows it (I only tried it online, so I don't for
certain know what f(A::Foo()); actually resolved to. Comeau version
was:
Comeau C/C++ 4.3.9 (Mar 27 2007 17:24:47) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA1
Copyright 1988-2007 Comeau Computing. All rights reserved.
MODE:strict errors C++ noC++0x_extensions

AFAICT, G++ is mistaken. It cannot be a construction of a temporary
of type 'f', types are not found using ADL for this syntax. In order
to look 'f' up using ADL, it has to be deemed a function call. By the
time ADL is employed, the syntax 'f(A::Foo())' cannot be "explicit type
conversion (functional notation)". It only can be "type conversion" if
'f' is already deduced as a type, which it cannot be since 'A::f' type
is not visible.

That aside, it cannot be 'f(A::Foo&)' since the reference to a non-const
'A::Foo' cannot be bound to a temporary ('A::Foo()'), which leaves the
only choice: the template. Now, if you change the "plain ref" function
to

void f(A::Foo const&);

then it will be chosen over the template since in rules of the overload
resolution a non-template function is always preferred over a template
instantiation.

V
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