http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60448
--- Comment #5 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Slightly different version of that last test: namespace tagged { template <typename T> struct Swappable {}; #ifndef NO_CUSTOM_SWAP template <typename T> void swap(Swappable<T> & a, Swappable<T> & b) { static_cast<T &>(a).swap(static_cast<T &>(b)); } #endif } // namespace tagged namespace std { #ifdef SWAP_FIRST template<typename T> void swap(T& a, T& b); #endif template<typename T> void swapper(T t) { swap(*t, *t); } template<typename T> void swap(T& a, T& b) { T tmp = static_cast<T&&>(a); a = static_cast<T&&>(b); b = static_cast<T&&>(tmp); } } int main() { struct local : tagged::Swappable<local> { local(int x) : data(x) {} local(local const &) = delete; local(local &&) = delete; local & operator=(local const &) = delete; local & operator=(local &&) = delete; void swap(local & other) { auto x = other.data; other.data = this->data; this->data = x; } private: int data; }; local l{1}; std::swapper(&l); } I must be guessing something wrong about libc++'s std::swap_ranges(), because if it was declared before std::swap() then it would never work with any type that doesn't provide its own swap() overload, as demonstrated by compiling the above with NO_CUSTOM_SWAP defined. So I don't know exactly what's going on, but I'm not convinced libstdc++ is doing anything wrong.