https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66350
Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |msebor at gcc dot gnu.org --- Comment #1 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Here's a reduced test case compiled with -Wall in C++ 98 mode: $ cat t.cpp && ~/bin/gcc-5.1.0/bin/g++ -Wall -std=c++98 -c t.cpp template <class T> struct A { A (T) { } }; template <class T> struct B: A<T> { using typename A<T>::A; }; B<int> b (0); t.cpp:3:26: warning: inheriting constructors only available with -std=c++11 or -std=gnu++11 using typename A<T>::A; ^ I don't think gcc is incorrect in accepting the code either in C++ 98 mode as an extension, or in C++ 11 mode. In the latter mode, accepting it is in keeping with the resolution of DR 147. Naming the constructor (Clang accepts the test case above in C++ 11 mode). That is, when 'A<T>::A' nominates class template A the name is instead taken to name the ctor of A.