https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66350
--- Comment #2 from Vlad Gheorghiu <vgheorgh at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Martin Sebor from comment #1) > 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. I tried compiling your test with Clang but it fails with the same error, http://melpon.org/wandbox/permlink/7sGeB2XfPOHkOFfN