http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48113
--- Comment #9 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-03-14 18:10:19 UTC --- here's one even closer to what we actually have in the library, where the default template argument R involves the deduced type A as well: template<typename T> T declval(); struct tuple { }; struct F1 { void operator()(tuple, int); }; typedef void (*F2)(tuple, int); template<typename F, typename T> struct Bind { template<typename A, typename R = decltype( F()(declval<T&>(), A()) )> R f(A); template<typename A, typename R = decltype( F()(declval<volatile T&>(), A()) )> R f(A) volatile; }; int main() { Bind<F1, tuple>().f(0); // OK Bind<F2, tuple>().f(0); // ERROR }