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[Bug c++/68842] New: Better error output when template needed before dependent name
- From: "davejohansen at gmail dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:56:37 +0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/68842] New: Better error output when template needed before dependent name
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https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68842
Bug ID: 68842
Summary: Better error output when template needed before
dependent name
Product: gcc
Version: 4.8.3
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: c++
Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
Reporter: davejohansen at gmail dot com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 36985
--> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=36985&action=edit
Example code to demonstrate error
Currently, when a dependent name cannot be correctly resolved and the template
keyword is required, the error output is:
test_template.cc: In instantiation of âvoid do_test() [with int N = 2]â:
test_template.cc:20:14: required from here
test_template.cc:15:15: error: invalid operands of types â<unresolved
overloaded function type>â and âintâ to binary âoperator<â
t.do_nothing<N>(0);
The output is a correct representation of how the compiler is interpreting the
code, but it is not helpful to a developer that doesn't understand the
intricacies of templates and dependent name resolution. It would be nice if a
more meaningful error output was given with at least a hint about the possible
need for the template keyword.