http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17122
Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |manu at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #14 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-12 13:05:16 UTC --- (In reply to comment #13) > Are any of the examples in this PR actually valid? > > I think G++ is correct to reject them. > > foo ::operator+ is parsed the same as foo::operator+ so still finds the member > function, the parentheses prevent that. Maybe g++ is correct to reject them, but the diagnostics printed are awful. They are actually worse than saying: error: Something is wrong somewhere, Please fix it. template <class blah> class foo; template <class blah> void operator+(int, foo<blah>); template <class blah> void operator-(int, foo<blah>); template <class blah> class foo { public: void operator+(int){} friend void operator+<>(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add //them friend void operator-(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add //them }; template <class blah> void operator+(int, foo<blah>){} template <class blah> void operator-(int, foo<blah>){} int main() { foo<double> inst; inst+1; 1+inst; }; pr17122.C:15:23: error: declaration of ‘operator+’ as non-function friend void operator+<>(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add ^ pr17122.C:15:23: error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration friend void operator+<>(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add ^ pr17122.C:15:24: error: expected unqualified-id before ‘<’ token friend void operator+<>(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add ^ pr17122.C:17:33: warning: friend declaration ‘void operator-(int, foo<blah>)’ declares a non-template function [-Wnon-template-friend] friend void operator-(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add ^ pr17122.C:17:33: note: (if this is not what you intended, make sure the function template has already been declared and add <> after the function name here) friend void operator-(int, foo);//eliminating <> generates warning to add ^