https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108393
Bug ID: 108393 Summary: circular concept false-positive Product: gcc Version: 12.2.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: nikolasklauser at berlin dot de Target Milestone: --- GCC errors on the reproducer below with ./equality_comparable.cpp: In substitution of 'template<class _Iter> requires C<_Iter> constexpr bool operator==(unreachable_sentinel_t, const _Iter&) [with _Iter = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>]': ./equality_comparable.cpp:6:41: required by substitution of 'template<class T> requires requires(T __t, T __u) {__t == __u;} struct iterator_traits<T> [with T = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>]' ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:33: required from here ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:9: required for the satisfaction of 'C<_Iter>' [with _Iter = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>] ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:13: in requirements [with T = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>] ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:13: error: satisfaction of atomic constraint 'requires{typename iterator_traits<T>::A;} [with T = T]' depends on itself 11 | concept C = requires { typename iterator_traits<T>::A; }; | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ./equality_comparable.cpp: In substitution of 'template<class _Iter> requires C<_Iter> constexpr bool operator==(unreachable_sentinel_t, const _Iter&) [with _Iter = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>]': ./equality_comparable.cpp:6:41: required by substitution of 'template<class T> requires requires(T __t, T __u) {__t == __u;} struct iterator_traits<T> [with T = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>]' ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:33: required from here ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:9: required for the satisfaction of 'C<_Iter>' [with _Iter = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>] ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:13: in requirements [with T = S<unreachable_sentinel_t>] ./equality_comparable.cpp:11:13: error: satisfaction of atomic constraint 'requires{typename iterator_traits<T>::A;} [with T = T]' depends on itself But AFAICT this code should compile just fine. iterator_traits<unreachable_sentinel_t> should never get instantiated and I don't see another way this would result in a self-reference. reproducer (Godbolt: https://godbolt.org/z/cfP5fqcMc): template<class> struct iterator_traits {}; template<class T> requires requires(T __t, T __u) { __t == __u; } struct iterator_traits<T> {}; template<class T> concept C = requires { typename iterator_traits<T>::A; }; struct unreachable_sentinel_t { template<C _Iter> friend constexpr bool operator==(unreachable_sentinel_t, const _Iter&) noexcept; }; template<class T> struct S {}; static_assert(!C<S<unreachable_sentinel_t>>);