https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20906
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|excessive diagnostic |[C++98/C++11/c++14 only] |messages for missing |excessive diagnostic |template arguments |messages for missing | |template arguments --- Comment #6 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Hmm, using -std=c++17 (the default now) and -std=c++20 we get: <source>:4:34: error: class template placeholder 'bar' not permitted in this context 4 | template<int k> void foo<k>::pop(bar&, int) {} | ^~~ <source>:4:34: note: use 'auto' for an abbreviated function template <source>:4:22: error: no declaration matches 'void foo<i>::pop(...)' 4 | template<int k> void foo<k>::pop(bar&, int) {} | ^~~~~~ <source>:3:35: note: candidate is: 'void foo<i>::pop(bar<i>&, int)' 3 | template<int i> struct foo { void pop(bar<i>& b, int j); }; | ^~~ <source>:3:24: note: 'struct foo<i>' defined here 3 | template<int i> struct foo { void pop(bar<i>& b, int j); }; | ^~~ Which I suspect is decent really.