http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57942
Bug ID: 57942 Summary: g++-4.8.1 tries to instantiate wrong constructor (C++11) Product: gcc Version: 4.8.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: david-gcc at klaftenegger dot de Created attachment 30532 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=30532&action=edit code exampe to trigger the bug In the attached small C++11 code example g++ tries to instantiate the second constructor of MyClass<int, false>, which should not happen. As this code never requires MyClass<int, true>, it should compile, but due to this useless instantiation g++ rejects the code. To trigger the problem just run $ g++-4.8 -std=c++11 g++-bug.cpp This produces the following error output: g++-bug.cpp: In instantiation of "class MyClass<int, true>": g++-bug.cpp:26:27: required from here g++-bug.cpp:6:7: error: base type "int" fails to be a struct or class type Here is the exact compiler version used: $ g++-4.8 -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++-4.8 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~13.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.1 (Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~13.04)