Re: template type dependent name lookup

From:
"=?iso-8859-1?q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?=" <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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comp.std.c++
Date:
Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:59:47 CST
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<1174833547.869189.146070@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>
Hyman Rosen schrieb:

Anthony Heading wrote:

    template<int N> struct X { struct I {}; static void x(I) { } };
    template <int N> struct Y : public X<N> {
        typedef typename X<N>::I I;
        void y() { x(I()); }
    };
    template struct Y<0>;

x.cpp(12): error: identifier "x" is undefined
    detected during instantiation of "void Y<N>::y() [with N=0]"


This is because of 14.6.2/3:
     "In the definition of ... a member of a class template, if a base class
      of the class template depends on a template-parameter, the base class
      scope is not examined during unqualified name lookup ... during an
      instantiation of the ... member."


Hmmh, I wonder why this rule should be superior to
those of argument-dependent look-up described in 3.4.2?
Unfortunately it's not clear whether 14.6.2/3 should be
applied to ADL cases also (we have a lot of active issues
related to ADL).

Interestingly (due to a misunderstanding on my side?) I
would have applied 3.4.2/2, 2nd bullet from 14882:2003:

"If T is a class type [..], its associated classes are:
the class itself; the class of which it is a member, if any;
and its direct and indirect base classes. Its associated
namespaces are the namespaces in which its associated
classes are defined."

My reasoning would be so: During the first phase nothing
is found for x (because it would not look into X<N>), but
during the second phase at the POI it would recognize
that I belongs to the (now known!) Y base class X<0> and
thus x should be correctly found.

Do we have clarification needed here? According to
my understanding both reasonings could be applied and
result in two different results.

I further found that the current writing has changed in a
significant way (N2134): It removed the earlier existing
last bullet of 3.4.2/2 (which used the notion of template-id,
that would not apply for I) and changed the above
quoted 2nd bullet to

"If T is a class type [..], its associated classes are:
the class itself; the class of which it is a member, if any;
and its direct and indirect base classes. Its associated
namespaces are the namespaces in of which its associated
classes are defined members.
Furthermore, if T is a class template specialization, its
associated namespaces and classes also include: the
namespaces and classes associated with the types of
the template arguments provided for template type
parameters (excluding template template parameters);
the namespaces of which any template template arguments
are members; and the classes of which any member
templates used as template template arguments are
members. [ Note: Non-type template arguments do not
contribute to the set of associated namespaces. -end
note ]"

IMO the new wordings even strengthens my above
described argumentation, doesn't it?

Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel

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