http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49152
--- Comment #8 from Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj at stegny dot 2a.pl> 2011-09-27 22:23:34 UTC --- > I agree that this would be an improvement, even without clang's selective > typedef unwrapping. But I have some doubts such a patch will be accepted. I > was > told in a couple of occasions that I cannot just remove the expression from > the > diagnostic and rely on the user to look up the source code location. What follows is an expression regurgitated by g++ for your convenient perusal. You might want to show it to the person who expresses such strong opinions. Ask him gently to tell you what it means. doit.cpp:290:129: error: no match for ‘operator<<’ in ‘std::cout << boost::range::equal_range [with ForwardRange = boost::range_detail::transform_range<boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>, std::vector<ls::file_rec<char> > >, Value = int, typename boost::range_iterator<const ForwardRange>::type = boost::transform_iterator<boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>, __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<ls::file_rec<char>*, std::vector<ls::file_rec<char> > >, boost::use_default, boost::use_default>]((*(const boost::range_detail::transform_range<boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>, std::vector<ls::file_rec<char> > >*)(& boost::range_detail::operator| [with InputRng = std::vector<ls::file_rec<char> >, UnaryFunction = boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>]((* & lv_fr), (*(const boost::range_detail::transform_holder<boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0> >*)(& boost::adaptors::{anonymous}::transformed.boost::range_detail::forwarder<Holder>::operator() [with T = boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>, Holder = boost::range_detail::transform_holder]((boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>(), boost::value_factory<ls::file_rec<char>::as_char0>()))))))), (* &((int)a_n.std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::operator[] [with _CharT = char, _Traits = std::char_traits<char>, _Alloc = std::allocator<char>, std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::reference = char&, std::basic_string<_CharT, _Traits, _Alloc>::size_type = long unsigned int](0ul))))’