http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52748
Nathan Ridge <zeratul976 at hotmail dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | --- Comment #14 from Nathan Ridge <zeratul976 at hotmail dot com> 2013-04-10 09:27:10 UTC --- Here is a related example that still fails to compile: template <int> struct A; template <typename T> struct B : A<sizeof(T)> {}; template <typename T> B<typename T::type> operator-(T); struct S { struct F { typedef S type; }; auto foo() -> decltype(-F()); }; This is compiled successfully by clang, but GCC (4.9, r197663) gives the following error: test.cpp: In instantiation of 'struct B<S>': test.cpp:15:31: required from here test.cpp:3:42: error: invalid application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'S' template <typename T> struct B : A<sizeof(T)> {}; ^ If the operator- is replaced by a non-operator function, GCC compiles the example successfully, which leads me to believe it's a bug.