[Bug c++/15542] New: operator & and template definitions

["heydowns at borg dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

Attached below is a simple C++ source file to demonstrate what appears to be a
name lookupor template generation bug in the new parser scheme. It has to do
with directly supplying the result of the application of the operator '&' to a
templated function, from within a template definition, when operator '&' is
overloaded in a templated class.

A call like this succeeds when the object whose & operator is invoked depends on
a templated parameter of the enclosing template definition. It fails when the
the object whose & operator is invoked is independent of the enclosing template
parameters. I am aware of the 3.4.0 changes regarding template definition
dependence and such, but I don't think any of that should apply here; it should
be able to find and generate the appropriate template instantiation.

The comments inline with the code explain further;   the behavior seems very
inconsistent as exhibited by the examples.  I believe the code to be valid. At
the very least I expect that the compiler would treat all provided scenarios
equally. 

There is some preprocessor guarded code in the test code that, when included,
causes the entire thing to compile, seemingly by forceing the required template
instantiation.


Cmd Line for basic issue:
g++ -c file.cpp

Cmd Line to see external template generation causing compilation to succeed:
g++ -DTEST_TWO -c file.cpp


Errors produced during compilation using first cmd line, above:
file.cpp: In function `void templateTest(T&)':
file.cpp:56: error: no matching function for call to `templatedFunc(Opr<const
char>*&)'
file.cpp:57: error: cannot convert `Opr<const char>*' to `const char**' for
argument `1' to `void templatedFunc(T**) [with T = const char]'




This all worked in gcc 3.3.3.

gcc details:
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.4.0/specs
Configured with: ../configure --with-as=/usr/ccs/bin/as
--with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --disable-nls
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.4.0

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           Summary: operator & and template definitions
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.4.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: heydowns at borg dot com
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15542